The Forgotten Canon Mystery Cache
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The coords will take you to an entrance to a rural Cemetery. From there you will need to take a quick tour and replace letters with some numbers to get to the final.
Welcome to a rural cemetery that is out in the middle of open farmland. Once at the posted coordinates, you will see the name of your location above the entrance. The dates, although interesting, are not needed to complete this cache. Use the name of this cemetery, spaces excluded, to figure out the north coordinates for the final.
N 41' CT.SGT
Replace the characters with the numbers and plug them into the coords above.
5th Character = ? = 9
8th Character = ? = 7
13th Character = ? = 4
17th Character = ? = 3
To the Northeast you should be able to spy the forgotten canon. You will need to read the dedication on the south of it and do the same to get the West coordinates for the final.
W 088' VA. SWE
6th Character = ? = 9
14th Character = ? = 6
22nd Character = ? = 0
30th Character = ? = 4
33rd Character = ? = 1
The final is a small lock and lock hidden traditionally and filled with little army men.
Enjoy
This cache is placed as a request per land manager. If information is need, please feel free to contact me.
I have requested history information from the land manager. As the information is received, I will add it to this page.
12/7/08
I received a bit of information and want to share it with you.
This cemetary is located in Clinton Township, DeKalb County, Illinois. It was organized in the 1860s. Around 1905 the Rock Island Arsenal donated a cannon to the cemetery. We believe the cannon was manufactured by the Confederate States and was based on the mold of a captured Union cannon. At one time there was a pyramid of several cannon balls at the base of the monument, but the balls have long since disappeared. The cannon memorialized veterans who served in the Civil War, just a few still living at the time of the dedication of the monument. According to cemetery records, there are between 16 and 20 veterans of the Civil War or earlier wars who are buried in the cemetery. In 1960 the board of directors merged with the Waterman Cemetery board of directors to form the Clinton Township Cemetery Maintenance District, a taxing body charged with upkeep of the two cemeteries.
The land in Sections 29 and 30 in Clinton Township was settled by Oliver P. Johnson in 1835. He called it Johnson's Grove. Eight years later Deacon Pritchard purchased the land in Section 29 and he named it Pritchard's Grove.
As I receive more information, I will continue to add it to this page.
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