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St. John's Lutheran - a cemetery near "Boo-yer" Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 8/16/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Another rural cemetery I have driven by numerous times and finally decided to stop and visit and place a cache. The cache is along the edge, not close to any stones, you do not need to disturb anything to find this cache.  Small camoed pill bottle with a log and small tradeables, but no room for a pencil.   Be respectful of this area , do not search for this cache at night or during any ceremonies.


Though this cemetery and church are associated with the town of Kiron to the NW, the nearest town is Boyer. Those not from the area always mispronounce the name of Boyer, punishment for those caught not saying it correctly is to run across the entire state of Iowa in 10 days.

 

copied from ancestory.com

The St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery is located at the site of the old church in Stockholm township section 15. Using current road identifiers, the cemetery is on the east side of 310th Street between C Avenue and D Avenue in Crawford County, Iowa. The cemetery is laid out in blocks starting from the road and going east. Block 1 is nearest the road with about 6 north south rows containing 30 lots. The number of gravesites within lots vary. Next is Block 2 with 7 north south rows containing 35 lots and to the east is Block 3 with 6 north south rows and 30 lots. Blocks 1 and 2 have trees. Blocks 2 and 3 are populated with easily identifible headstones. The cemetery is expanding south adding a 13 lot east west row corresponding to the alignment of Blocks 2 and 3. Time has taken its toll on some of the headstones in Block 1. The cemetery is well maintained and has current burials. The church was erected on this site in 1892. The oldest burial records listed in these tables was obtained from copies of the 1902-46 church books (written in German) and occurred on 2 August 1902 -- Christine Ella Wilhelmina Hansen, infant daughter of Johannes Hansen and Anna Koch. Undocumented burials from 1892 to 1901 may exist in this cemetery.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)