Faded Markers Series: Little Africa Traditional Cache
Faded Markers Series: Little Africa
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This is another cache in the Faded Markers Series. This series will mainly focus on older, near forgotten burial plots of pioneers in the Niagara Region and beyond. The goal of this series is not necessarily the length of the walk nor the difficulty of the find, but rather a simple reverence for those who came before us to shape our area.
Located on Curtis Road, which was an old Indian Trail, stood this Negro Cemetary which has been known by many names throughout
history, but is originally called Dennahower, after one of the land owners.
This village was known as Little Africa because it was populated entirely by Negro slaves who came to Canada through the Underground Railway.
This village prospered between 1840 and 1876, where the near twenty residents laboured to cut down trees by the thousands, most of which were shipped across the river and re-shipped from Tonawanda throughout the Eastern US.
This village had it's own store and church, St. John's Church.
Although this cemetary has had many names...including "The Little Cemetary Around the Corner" and "The Curtis Road Cemetary", it has become known as "The Coloured Cemetary".
The irony of this is that there is only one, possibly two families that are interred in the cemetary of whom are black.
The Russell family is the only black family that can be confirmed in this cemetary.
There is only a small amount of room on the side of the road to park so please be cautious.
The cache is a small tupperware container with enough room for trackables and as usual, there is no pen, so please bring your own.
Take care while searching for this cache as the cemetary is in close proximity to houses.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
V ubcr n fdhveery qbrfa'g gnxr vg.
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