Hopewell Cemetery: Illinois Spirit Quest #128 Mystery Cache
Waterfallfrog: I am archiving many of my caches due to inability to continue maintaining them - including this one. Thanks, CrimeFighter89, for removing the container. Someone may want to place a new cache near this cemetery to replace this one.
Hopewell Cemetery: Illinois Spirit Quest #128
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THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE GIVEN COORDINATES!! The given coordinates take you to a tombstone from which you will get information to figure out the coordinates of the cache placed along the fenceline of this cemetery.
Hopewell Cemetery, established in 1844, is a pretty, well-kept country cemetery near Viola in Mercer County with interesting, old tombstones. At the given coordinates, you will find a tombstone for Rebecca Chidester who was born in the early 1800s and, according to this marker, is still alive. The stone gives the year of her birth; figure out her age at the time this cache was placed in 2010.
x = year of her birth ____ ____ ____ ____
y = age she would be in 2010 ____ ____ ____
Figure out the coordinates for the cache with the following formula:
N 41* 11.(x - 1239) W90* 30.(y + 43)
Please bring your own pen.
Enjoy!
***Congratulations to CardinalsFan1 for FTF!***
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