Drumheller Springs LbNA #26507
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 18, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Spokane |
| County: | Spokane |
| State: | Washington |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | The Fat Lady  |
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| Found by: | "X" Marks the Spot |
| Last found: | Jul 25, 2007 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 18, 2006 |
[11/4/06: The first box placed here was, within just two days of its October 18 planting date, horribly muggled-torn, burned, and drowned in the pond. This historical site lies very near a private house, and it may be that residents of the home noticed the box being placed or found, went to investigate, and decided to have some fun. The letterbox's slightly new location is not as easily seen from that house, but please be careful, anyway, when finding and re-hiding, as signs indicate amorous young people do use the area. A few leaves and sticks scattered over the hiding spot can help disguise that it's been touched.]
The first school in the Oregon Territory was opened in 1930 by Chief Garry, a Spokane Indian man already on his way to becoming a major historical figure in local white/Native relations. Chief Garry, with the help of other Spokanes, erected his small school building near Spring Hill, the site of a freshwater spring which had served as an important refreshment stop for both modern and ancient travelers; there, he instructed Indian children in agriculture, Christianity, and other topics. Today, what is now called Drumheller Springs has a busy street clattering by, middle-income and upscale housing crowding in, and urban litter marring what was once a small haven in the middle of vast, sparsely-populated land. Still, it is possible for an intuitive mind, entering the hillside glade where the spring still runs, to rest a moment and imagine the relief a traveler must have felt to stop here, in the middle of a long journey, and rest beside the fresh water and rustling money plants before proceeding on the trail.
[For information on solving cryptic clues, see my previous spiel at: http://letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=21756&boxname=Watch_Where_You_Step ]
A break between clues indicates a completed unit of thought.
CLUES
1. Musical hush heads Noah's craft for outdoor recreation space. (4)
2. Audi is endless queen of spades. (3)
3. Horace Greeley's direction follows Santa's Pole to compass point. (9)
4. Intersection arises from Oklahoma's “elephant's eye” crop with vocal hesitation. (6)
5. Country singer Johnny loses mediocre rating and creates fireplace debris. (3)
6. Clause connector constitutes candy filling. (3)
7. Decent vista merges egalitarian opinion? (8)
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8. Chinese cooking pot heralds a stroll in the park. (4)
9. Cigarette end turns back oath sayer's middle three. (3)
10. Michigan-to-Canada direction runs inside chin or thumb. (5)
11. Verity, ruthless, binds with circle memo's first word. (2)
12. Lag with noggin marks start of an expedition? (9)
13. Commercial embraces Nancy's first conjunction. (3)
14. Lansing's posterior, in ruins, is an omen. (4)
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15. Purple, endlessly heading west, indicates where climbers go. (2)
16. Light rail has to follow. (5)
17. Recipient indicator dictates a pair. (2)
18. Bettors' pot leads to billiards? (4)
19. Previous era arises from nest's last chicken. (4)
20. Peers steadily at steps, they say. (6)
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21. Duke of Hazzard takes on ten to fight wearing gloves. (3)
22. Failure departs multiple drosophyla, tells falsehoods. (4)
23. Ceremony sings entitlement? (5)
24. Derived from offer, backward referee decamps. (2)
25. One stage in a process reverses Man's best friends. (4)
26. Familiar Tyrone eats departed score. (6)
27. Break in two, rendered headless, below. (5)
28. Kosher circumcision takes in back's east half, manufacturing terra cotta blocks. (6)
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29. Speak on behalf of quaternion's numeral. (3)
30. The man's rocky hill and icky's first half become important to the record. (8)
31. Deface surly dog, we hear, for a treasure trove's “X.” (6)
32. Ascend the third grade prior to oak branch. (5)
33. Strides scramble vermin. (5)
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34. First and third of grownups skedaddle. (2)
35. Four-ninths of yesterday's supper remains to the south-paw's side. (4)
36. Take the last two of that elemental symbol for astatine. (2)
37. Abbreviated state consumed conifer avenue. (6)
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38. Left's opposite: correct? (5)
39. A trout, initially, was in the area. (2)
40. Bend prompt around Winnebago. (5)
***
41. Continents without Tolkein's tree persons, pursued by thee, I hear, proceed onward. (8)
42. The number required for solitude, it's reported, became champion. (3)
43. Obstruct a unit of prison cells? (5)
[NB: When a local boxer called stormcrow gave wickedly-hard clues to one of his boxes, I threatened to retaliate with an extremely lengthy cryptic. Here it is.]
The first school in the Oregon Territory was opened in 1930 by Chief Garry, a Spokane Indian man already on his way to becoming a major historical figure in local white/Native relations. Chief Garry, with the help of other Spokanes, erected his small school building near Spring Hill, the site of a freshwater spring which had served as an important refreshment stop for both modern and ancient travelers; there, he instructed Indian children in agriculture, Christianity, and other topics. Today, what is now called Drumheller Springs has a busy street clattering by, middle-income and upscale housing crowding in, and urban litter marring what was once a small haven in the middle of vast, sparsely-populated land. Still, it is possible for an intuitive mind, entering the hillside glade where the spring still runs, to rest a moment and imagine the relief a traveler must have felt to stop here, in the middle of a long journey, and rest beside the fresh water and rustling money plants before proceeding on the trail.
[For information on solving cryptic clues, see my previous spiel at: http://letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=21756&boxname=Watch_Where_You_Step ]
A break between clues indicates a completed unit of thought.
CLUES
1. Musical hush heads Noah's craft for outdoor recreation space. (4)
2. Audi is endless queen of spades. (3)
3. Horace Greeley's direction follows Santa's Pole to compass point. (9)
4. Intersection arises from Oklahoma's “elephant's eye” crop with vocal hesitation. (6)
5. Country singer Johnny loses mediocre rating and creates fireplace debris. (3)
6. Clause connector constitutes candy filling. (3)
7. Decent vista merges egalitarian opinion? (8)
***
8. Chinese cooking pot heralds a stroll in the park. (4)
9. Cigarette end turns back oath sayer's middle three. (3)
10. Michigan-to-Canada direction runs inside chin or thumb. (5)
11. Verity, ruthless, binds with circle memo's first word. (2)
12. Lag with noggin marks start of an expedition? (9)
13. Commercial embraces Nancy's first conjunction. (3)
14. Lansing's posterior, in ruins, is an omen. (4)
***
15. Purple, endlessly heading west, indicates where climbers go. (2)
16. Light rail has to follow. (5)
17. Recipient indicator dictates a pair. (2)
18. Bettors' pot leads to billiards? (4)
19. Previous era arises from nest's last chicken. (4)
20. Peers steadily at steps, they say. (6)
***
21. Duke of Hazzard takes on ten to fight wearing gloves. (3)
22. Failure departs multiple drosophyla, tells falsehoods. (4)
23. Ceremony sings entitlement? (5)
24. Derived from offer, backward referee decamps. (2)
25. One stage in a process reverses Man's best friends. (4)
26. Familiar Tyrone eats departed score. (6)
27. Break in two, rendered headless, below. (5)
28. Kosher circumcision takes in back's east half, manufacturing terra cotta blocks. (6)
***
29. Speak on behalf of quaternion's numeral. (3)
30. The man's rocky hill and icky's first half become important to the record. (8)
31. Deface surly dog, we hear, for a treasure trove's “X.” (6)
32. Ascend the third grade prior to oak branch. (5)
33. Strides scramble vermin. (5)
***
34. First and third of grownups skedaddle. (2)
35. Four-ninths of yesterday's supper remains to the south-paw's side. (4)
36. Take the last two of that elemental symbol for astatine. (2)
37. Abbreviated state consumed conifer avenue. (6)
***
38. Left's opposite: correct? (5)
39. A trout, initially, was in the area. (2)
40. Bend prompt around Winnebago. (5)
***
41. Continents without Tolkein's tree persons, pursued by thee, I hear, proceed onward. (8)
42. The number required for solitude, it's reported, became champion. (3)
43. Obstruct a unit of prison cells? (5)
[NB: When a local boxer called stormcrow gave wickedly-hard clues to one of his boxes, I threatened to retaliate with an extremely lengthy cryptic. Here it is.]