The Ghost of Quincy Traditional Cache
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Southeast of the cache location is the ghost-town of Quincy. It was platted in 1879. By 1904 the main street boasted two churches, two grocery stores, a two-story hotel, cafe', drugstore, bakery, blacksmith shop, bank, dry goods and millinery store, barbershop, furniture store, doctor's office and a Ford dealership.
In 1898, two strangers arrived in Quincy and sought a local man, Bud Gillette, and challenged him to a race. Gillette was known as one of the fastest foot racers in the country. As word spread of the race, most townspeople placed their bets on the local boy. One of the strangers held the betting money while the other bragged about beating Gillette. Some farmers even sold their cows to have money for waging. The race began and the runners were racing toward a hedgerow on the course when they both jumped over it. They ran to a waiting car driven by the man holding the betting wages and they fled the county. Apparently Gillette was a participant in the scam from the beginning. There was no winner, but they left behind many losers.
One of Quincy's industries included a small factory that made a spun-aluminum corn popper known as the Atom Pop. J. Edwin Lewis and wife, Martha, founded the company in 1948, employing 17 people in a town with a population of 300. Its output topped 20,000 poppers a year. Atom Pop remains in business, but its main factory moved to Fredonia, Kan., after the Lewis's daughter sold the business.
Good luck and enjoy all your caching journeys!!
~~~GhostieGal (Lori)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
3" cynfgvp ghor