Riley Necropolis' #15: Fairview Cemetery Traditional Cache
Riley Necropolis' #15: Fairview Cemetery
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This cemetery is located on Highway 24, two miles north of Riley, Kansas and across the highway east of the Riley County High School. Inside the northeast gate, there is a grave locator. In 1869, German families came from Illinois and Iowa and organized a Presbyterian Church in December 1872. Wilhelmina Hessler who died 8 March 1872, appears to be the first burial. Cache 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!
In 1882, the small Presbyterian congregation, known as Riley Center, made plans for a permanent church building. Two years later the well proportioned frame structure, carefully detailed with Gothic forms, was completed. It continues to serve the congregation. The original congregation was composed mainly of German settlers but services in both German and English were begun in 1920. Now, of course, services are conducted entirely in English. The congregation joined with those in Riley and Bala in 1949.
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.
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