GC18J69 Miller's Lutheran Church (Traditional Cache) in Tennessee, United States created by Psyprofs

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GC18J69 ▼

A cache by Psyprofs Message this owner

Hidden : 1/12/2008

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Nearly two hundred year old church and cemetery.

Located on Millertown Pike a couple of miles northeast of Knoxville Center, Miller’s Lutheran Church was founded in the early 1800’s by the Reverend Adam Miller, Sr. The church apparently is now the meeting place of Knights of Columbus. We are still researching the history of the church, and details will be forthcoming as we find them. The cemetery, predated by the church, was founded in 1830 on land given by Rev. Miller's son, Jacob Hanley, according to Robert McGinnis, at (visit link) and the listing of cemeteries found at (visit link) . A partial listing of Miller’s Lutheran Cemetery gravesites can be found at (visit link) , including that of Rev. Miller’s son, Jacob Hanley, who lived from 1787 to 1878. On the side of his tombstone, an obelisk, is a memorial to his father. Not listed is the grave of Joseph H. Kinzel, 1869-1902, who died in a bizarre train accident, when he was scalded by escaping steam. You will find an image of a steam engine engraved on his tombstone.

The cache itself is located across the road from the church and cemetery, on the edge of a public, gravel parking lot. It is a small lock and lock container with very little room for swag, but containing some pottery necklaces we made, a bouncy ball, and a couple of rubber stamps. There is a small gel pen with the log, but you might want to have a pencil or pen handy just in case. Watch out for thorny vines in the vicinity of the cache, and perhaps poison ivy in season.

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)