Copper Country History Lesson- St Joseph Cemetery Traditional Cache
glweber: As cache is missing and this is a high traffic area I think it is appropriate to archive this cache.
Copper Country History Lesson- St Joseph Cemetery
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Cache is located near a church with quite an interesting history. Terrain is level ground and some grass, should be an easy find.
Cache is a small coffee canister, located near Church of the Resurection in Hancock Michigan. There is quite an interesting history here and you should look for the marker placed for the story below at these coordinates.
N 47 07.596 W 088 35.763
History of Cemetery
St. Joseph Cemetery was kept by the local Roman Catholic churches in Hancock. In the 1970's it was decided since the area churches were consolidated into one parish, to build a new church.
The site chosen was over the St. Joseph Cemetery after deliberation by the parish, the diocese and contacting the proper government authorities.
The families of those buried were contacted ahead of time to let them know of the plans and let them remove their family to different area cemeteries. The remaining grave markers were then removed after a recording was done and buried in a trench at the site of the present day church. The new church was started in 1975 and took in St. Ann, St. Joseph, and St. Joseph-St. Patrick parish churches at various times.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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