Jemima Fisher Multi-Cache
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Located in Clifton Cemetery
This easy puzzle cache is our first! It will take you to Clifton Cemetery to view the final resting places of a few notable former residents. Permission was granted by the Clifton Cemetery board for this cache placement. Jemima Fisher, your first stop, is a great-granddaughter of Daniel Boone. Read the interesting history on the recently placed new marker (both sides) and find the following information: A: the age her daughter (who later married Frank Huddart) was when Jemima died B: Jemima died in while giving birth to her ?? child Now, add A to your N coordinate and subtract B from your W coordinate. Using these new coordinates, go to stop #2. Here you will read about a pioneer family's hard life. Again, both sides of the marker give the story. Find the following information: C: What is the last digit of the year Amanda died? D: Four children are buried in the family plot. What is the last digit of the year given as that prior to which all of them died? E: What is the 3rd digit of the year John died? F: What is the last digit of the year Oscar was born? Now, subtract CD from your step #2 N coordinate and subtract EF from your step #2 W coordinate. This new set of coordinates will take you to the final cache location. As always, please be respectful of the location. There are two cattle gates into the area, one with a fencegate to open, too. Please ensure it is closed when you leave. You may park inside the fenced area or outside. Here is some history on the cemetery itself, taken from "A History of Nemaha County": A small plot of ground was given by Julius Gilbert atop a limestone hill, located a quarter mile west of the present Coryell Park. Early on, cedar trees were planted around the site. Over a century later the evergreen enclosed area gives a cozy, quiet, protected final resting place for family members of those early settlers. Just inside the inner gate is a native boulder monument with the following inscription: "This site donated to Clifton Cemetery Ass'n by Julius Gilbert and wife. May 23, 1868." The first burials were in 1868.
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