Cross Clusters..... Sardis Traditional Cache
Backwoods Reviewer: As the owner has not responded to my prior note, I am archiving this listing.
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Cross Clusters..... Sardis
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This is a simple cache with an amazing story.
In 1984, about 65 miles north of Charleston, WV, the first trio of crosses was erected by Reverand Bernard Coffindaffer of Craigsville, WV. He was a businessman turned evangalist who spent a fortune erecting trios of crosses beside roads in 29 states and the Phillipines and Zambia. He was a Methodist minister and a World War II veteran who fought with the Marines at IwoJima. He garnered national attention with his quest to cover the world with the trios of one gold cross flanked by two blue crosses. He was featured on the cover of the Washington Post and in a lengthy National Radio piece. There was a documentary made for public television called "Point Man for God".
Rev. Coffindaffer spent more than $3 million over 10 years on the crosses. In an interview shortly before he died, he said he had erected 1842 cross clusters. He estimated he spent $843 per cluster, wiping out money he made after selling a coal-washing mill. He said in a 1991 interview that a spirit appeared to him after open-heart surgery in 1982 and told him to begin erecting the "crosses of mercy".
Reverand Bernard Coffindaffer died on October 8, 1993 of a heart attack. He was 68.
When placed the cache contained Spiderman frisbee, bubbles, first aid kit, melon candle, coin, squirt gun, deputy sheriff badge, "Go fish" card game, emergency raincoat, splash-n-swim ball, jelly bean egg, and wooden nickel.
FTF congratulations got to cainrcc, NIGHTOWLS01 and determined2. Way to go!
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