Riley Necropolis' #1: St. Patricks Cemetery Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/1/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

In Ogden, go north on North Walnut Street, past the Ogden
Protestant Cemetery. Turn left (west), onto Harris Road. The
cemetery is less than a mile on the left (south) side of the road.
Earliest tombstone is for John Dixon who died 7 August 1855, age
26, during the cholera epidemic. The cache container is a match
container.

Welcome to the Riley County Necropolis Series! This series will take you to every corner of Riley County and in between to discover the cemeteries of today and long since past. Who knows; you might just find some long-lost lineage!

The original Saint Patrick Catholic Church was built in 1866 as the Church of the Immaculate Conception. This simple rectangular structure of native limestone, carefully dressed by stone masons employed at Fort Riley, served this Parish for 43 years. The present church was erected in 1909. The interior was completely remodeled following a disastrous fire in 1939. Its pointed arches and informal composition are reminiscent of the Parish churches of the middle ages. The predominance of Irish parishioners changed the name to Saint Patrick.

This being a cemetery series, the utmost respect when entering and searching is imperative. None of the caches involve ANY desecration of graves or cemetery property, and none should be reported or this series will be disabled. All caches are relatively easy and require little searching or bushwhacking. If a funeral service is being held in the cemetery, DO NOT ENTER. We want you to be respectful not only to the 'residents' of the cemetery, but to the families. Just use your head and you should do just fine. Please, NO NIGHT CACHING. Many of these cemeteries have curfews from dusk to dawn.

Congrats to Diecast64 for the FTF!

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