GC1PVWN Nebraska Lame Roadside Cache #5 : Gruetli (Traditional Cache) in Nebraska, United States created by DTHT

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Hidden : 4/11/2009

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Another in my series of Lame Roadside Caches. Just a nice, quiet place to have a cache. Please be respectful of the area. You are looking for a Bison Tube, please rehide as you found it. There is a log, but no pencil at this time. I am going to try to get back here to put in a Better Log Sheet. Raised the Dif level slightly. Here is what I have found regarding this area.

The Gruetli Church was organized in 1874 as a German Reformed Church. Services were originally held in the District 37 school house.

John Eisenman donated eight acres of land for a cemetery and church in 1888. The cemetery was organized at that time.

John J. Eisenman, Jr., was treasurer of the Gruetli Church for many years. As times got better for the farmers and they were buying automobiles (mostly Model T's), John J. started working for a church building. He had little trouble accomplishing his mission. The members called a meeting and pledged the money for the church.

A building committee was organized and in the spring of 1917 the building began with a lot of labor being done by the members of the church. Jacob Schmit and Conrad Harding of Monroe were the contractors.

The church was dedicated in the fall of 1917, with the Rev. J.B. Braun as pastor. Several other ministers attended the dedication--an all-day affair, people coming from far and near. Pictures of the dedication still hang on the north wall of the church.

In 1975 the formerly separate congregations of Gruetli and St. Luke's UCC in Columbus voted to combine into one parish and it has remained as such today.

The Greutli society is itself an old institution, and the incident which gave birth to its organization forms a pretty story in history, familiar only to those whose ancestry prompts them to make the investigation. Greutli is the name of a beautiful little meadow in the mountains of Switzerland. It is the spot where three peasants from different cantons met one day and made a vow to rid their country from the rule of despotic monarchs. As a result of that meeting the spirit of independence began to invade the country, and on November 17, 1293, the purpose had been accomplished, and Switzerland announced herself as an independent republic--the first in the world's history. Greutli societies are designed to perpetuate the deeds of her liberty-loving countrymen of the old days, and are usually found in every vicinity where there is a sufficient colony of Swiss to justify organization. There are twenty-seven members in the Columbus society.

Visit my other cache nearby to the South if you have a good Four Wheel Drive, Nebraska Lame Roadside Cache #6:Sandhills Surprise (GC1PVX9).

Have fun and Happy Caching!

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Congratulations On First To Find To "The King" Contryguy on April 12, 2009

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Urezna xabjf jurer vg vf.

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)

Nebraska Lame Roadside Cache #5 : Gruetli Traditional Cache

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