This is Vermont: Pittsford Traditional Cache
This is Vermont: Pittsford
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Difficulty:
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Terrain:
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Size:
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View from Goat Farm Road
Pittsford
Facts
County: Rutland
County
Chartered: October 12, 1761 (New Hampshire Grant)
Area: 27,811 Acres = 43.45 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 83* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): N 43° 42' W 73°02'
Altitude: 560 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2000): 3,140 [ Population Rank: 55* ]
Population Density (persons per square mile): 72.3 [ Density Rank:
61* ]
*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to
Pittsford's
relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities,
242
towns, 4 gores and grants).
Pittsford is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The
town was named for William Pitt. Pittsford was first settled as a
frontier town in 1769, about 60 miles from Bennington. It is the
location of two historical picket forts used by the militia during
the American Revolutionary War: Fort Mott (built in 1777), and Fort
Vengeance (built from 1780 to 1781), about a mile north.
About the
cache
The cache is located in the historic Hammond
covered bridge in the village of Florence. The bridge is one of
four covered bridges in the town of Pittsford. The Hammond bridge
is a Town Lattice type, 139' in length, and spans the Otter Creek
on Kendall Hill Road, west of Route 7. The 1927 Flood left the
structure a mile downstream. It was restored to its proper location
during the winter of 1927-28.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
vafvqr abegurnfg pbeare