Old Plank Road - Toll Booth #2 - Johnson Family Traditional Geocache
Old Plank Road - Toll Booth #2 - Johnson Family
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This cache series follows the route of one of Iowa’s most ambitious
road building programs – the plank road between Burlington and
Mount Pleasant. Several historical markers commemorate the Plank
Road route. These were placed by various chapters of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Successful completers of this series
will be able to collect the clues to a special bonus cache in the
area.
Toll Booth #2 - This is the second in the plank road series. More
stones and more potential clues for the
BONUS CACHE in the area. Please be respectful when hunting the
cache and gathering information. This cache is placed with
permission of the landowner and caretaker. This is one of 46
pioneer cemeteries in Des Moines County. Five of these are located
within the confines of the nearby Army Ammunition Plant. This one,
located outside the plant boundaries, is unique in several ways.
First, you might notice that the headstones are facing a different
direction than most cemeteries - north/south rather than east/west.
Secondly, although this cemetery is named the Johnson Family
Cemetery, there are no Johnson's buried here. The cemetary gets
it's name from the family that owned the land when Andrew ________
& Lucy Bell White were buried here over a century ago. Mr.
________ died of Cholera in 1866, eight years after the plank road
was written off as a failure. Little Lucy White died on a wagon
train while headed to California. She was just 3 months and 22 days
old. This information was gathered from the cemetery caretaker, as
her stone is not discernable due to wear from weather and the
elements. Congratulations to RCujoS and BJCheryl who should
probably share in FTF honors.
Toll Booth 1
Toll Booth 2
Toll Booth 3
Toll Booth 4
Toll Booth 5
Toll Booth 6
Toll Booth 7
Toll Booth 8
BONUS CACHE
For more information on the Plank Road visit the following links to
the 1st stop on the plank road series:
Plank Road Route and Landmarks
Rise and Fall of the Plank Road
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)