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===First page=== The first website to list geocaches was announced by Mike Teague on May 8, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Geocaching---Early-History-295308.html |title=Geocaching - Early History - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information |access-date=2017-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713220930/http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Geocaching---Early-History-295308.html |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> On September 2, 2000, Jeremy Irish emailed the gpsstash [[mailing list]] that he had registered the domain name geocaching.com and had set up his own Web site. He copied the caches from Mike Teague's database into his own. On September 6, Mike Teague announced that Jeremy Irish was taking over cache listings. {{as of|2012}}, Teague had logged only 5 caches.<ref name="Teague">{{cite web |url=http://awesomegeocaching.com/2012/08/14/interview-mike-teague-on-the-first-geocache-listing-site/ |title=Interview: Mike Teague On The First Geocache Listing Site |date=August 14, 2012 |work=Awesome Geocaching |access-date=15 June 2014 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022041203/http://awesomegeocaching.com/2012/08/14/interview-mike-teague-on-the-first-geocache-listing-site/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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