Jennings Cemetery Traditional Cache
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Welcome to the Decatur County Cemetery Series! This series will take you to every corner of Decatur County and in between to discover the cemeteries of today and long since past. Who knows; you might just find some long-lost lineage!
The Warren Jennings family came to the area from Iowa in 1873. The family built a two story frame house from lumber hauled from Ft. Kearney, NE and established a trading post there under the name of Slab City. The post office was established Oct. 22, 1874. The Rock Island Railroad came through what is now Jennings in 1888. The Jennings Cemetery was lotted in Dec. 1889, and was donated by Oscar Munson. The railroad soon died off, and the fame Jennings had gathered as a trading post has since faded. Cache is a camouflaged ammo can with "Official Geocache" markings.
This being a cemetery series, the utmost respect when entering and searching is imperative. None of the caches involve ANY desecration of graves or cemetery property, and none should be reported or this series will be disabled. All caches are relatively easy and require little searching or bushwhacking. If a funeral service is being held in the cemetery, DO NOT ENTER. We want you to be respectful not only to the 'residents' of the cemetery, but to the families. Just use your head and you should do just fine. Please, NO NIGHT CACHING. Many of these cemeteries have curfews from dusk to dawn.
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