Old Indian Burial Grounds Traditional Cache
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Old Indian Burial Grounds
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Cache is a plastic cylindrial container with a camoed screw top. It is filled with the fruits of an autumn harvest, a log, a pencil and info about Geocaching
This hunt will take you to Indian Mound Cemetery just outside he village of Moravia . Moravia rests at the southern tip of Owasco Lake in Cayuga County, New York. This region of central New York once belonged to the Algonquin Indians until the 1300s when the Iroquois Nations seized it. It then became the home of the Seneca and Cayuga tribes. One of their burial grounds is believed to be located at the present day Indian Mound Cemetery
Some local politicians buried here are:
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Rowland Day (1779-1853) — of Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Chester, Hampden County, Mass., March 6, 1779. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Cayuga County, 1816-17; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1823-25, 1833-35. Died in Moravia, Cayuga County, N.Y., December 23, 1853. Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
See also: congressional biography.
Charles J. Hewitt (1867-1940) — of Locke, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Navarino, Onondaga County, N.Y., July 15, 1867. Republican. Farmer; banker; member of New York state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1902-04; member of New York state senate, 1909-38 (40th District 1909-18, 42nd District 1919-38). Died in 1940. Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
Leander Fitts (1822-1891) — of Moravia, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Sempronius, Cayuga County, N.Y., May 23, 1822. Son of Martin Fitts (1791-1876) and Marian (Dresser) Fitts (1793-1866); married to Mary Smith (1826-1890). Cashier and director, First National Bank of Moravia; member of New York state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1889-90. Died April 3, 1891. Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
Please enjoy your visit and obey all cemetery rules:
No night caching
No pets
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