Camo'd preform.
Cache is not in the cemetery. It is
located on the outside of the perimeter.
As with any cache of this type, please exercise appropriate
respect.
Malta, was Originally
Known
As
Etna. Founded in 1856 it is believed it was named for Mt. Etna
in
Sicily,
which had erupted spectacularly several years before. About 1858,
with the construction of the Galena railroad which named it's
station Malta, the town changed it's name. The name is presumably
taken from the Mediterranean Island of Malta*.
*Boies, History of
DeKalb County. 492: Stennett, History of Origin,
95
Post Office
established;
Malta 16 Feb
1857
Cache inspired by, and information obtained from, Place
Names of Illinois by Edward Callary and used with permission of
author