This cache is in a powdered drink container. There is a log
book, a pencil, and some swag. First to find gets a limited edition
Thomas Tshirt and some free bowling from crazy pins.
A few years after the Civil War and after the Old Auburn
Cemetery was well begun, "Evergreen" was laid out by W. W.
Griswold.
Mrs. L. C. Ford, present Justice of Peace, states that it was very
beautiful, and was laid out in lots and driveways. Many people were
removed from the Old Auburn Cemetery to this one. It is surrounded
by an iron fence and contains many a costly monument.
The Old Auburn Cemetery, and the Evergreen, are striking
contrasts. The one represents the pioneer dos and early settlers
fading into the past the other in harmony with the spirit of
today.
Will Cuppy was born and
raised in Auburn, Indiana. He wrote the book "the Rise and
fall of nearly everyone" among other things. Cuppy's last
years were marked by poor physical health and increasing
depression. Facing eviction from his apartment, he took an
overdose of sleeping pills and died ten days later on
September 19, 1949, at St. Vincent's Hospital.[14] Cuppy's
cremated remains were returned to his hometown and buried in a
grave next to his mother's in Evergreen Cemetery. His grave
was unmarked until 1985, when local donors purchased a granite
headstone with the inscription, "American Humorist". In 2003,
Cuppy received
another memorial when a committee of the International
Astronomical Union approved the name "15017 Cuppy" for an
asteroid.
Please observe the dawn to dusk rule! There are alot of vets
here so please stand up fallen flags and any fallen flower pots you
may see. Take some time and look at some of the interesting stones
in this cemetery!
Credit for Will J. Cuppy's gravestone belongs to Captain Spaulding.