Directions: From the west end of the Hood
Canal Bridge: Turn left onto Shine Road, go 1.9 miles
westerly. The cemetery is on your right. OR from the
intersection of State Highways 19 and 104: Go approximately
2.6 miles easterly on State Route 104 to Shine Road. Turn
right onto Shine Road, go approximately 0.6 miles easterly.
The cemetery is on your left. The parking coordinates are N
47°52.108 / W 122°40.607
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A peaceful little resting place overlooking the
Suquamish Harbor and the Hood Canal. Located in the community of
Shine, Jefferson County, just west of the Hood Canal Bridge. This
cemetery was established in 1901 by Philip Nash Rasler, who is the
only Civil War veteran buried there.
Rasler was born in Ohio in 1840, but later moved
to Indiana where he married Melissa Jane Slyter on July 23, 1860.
He served in the Union Army from 1861-1864. In May of 1878, the
Raslers, along with their 6 children, headed West. They eventually
ended up in Washington, where Philip Rasler worked as a logger and
a farmer. The Raslers donated the cemetery property to the
community of Shine in 1901 and Philip Rasler was buried there in
1904. Melissa Jane Slyter Rasler joined him in April,
1916.
This cache is a Micro, in the form of a screw-top
plastic waterproof pill bottle with a log book inside. Please bring
your own writing instrument.
PLEASE REMEMBER that a cemetery is a sacred
place. Treat it accordingly and leave no trace of your visit.
Thanks!!
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Stone #1
N 47°52.122
W 122°40.609
Clue: Dwayne
Stone #2
N 47°52.111
W 122°40.643
Clue: Myrtle & Frank
Stone #3
N 47°52.137
W122°40.621
Clue: Brooke
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The cache is located at: 47°52.ABC /
122°40.DEF
A= The fourth digit in the year of Brooke’s
birth.
B= The fourth digit in the year of Dwayne’s death.
C= The third digit in the year of Myrtle’s birth minus five.
D= The third digit in the year of Frank’s death.
E= The month of Dwayne’s death.
F= The number of letters in Brooke’s middle name plus
two.
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CONGRATS to kinderhoff for being the
FTF!!!!!!!!!!!
2/29/08: New landscaping forced us to move the
cache about 12 feet away from it's original location. Waypoints
were adjusted accordingly. The container is now a small pill bottle
and there's a new log book in it. Happy Caching!