A tour of Newtown - Flagg Spring Cemetery Traditional Cache
A tour of Newtown - Flagg Spring Cemetery
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A simple cache in a historic cemetery in the Village of Newtown, Ohio.
No special tools required (unless someone has moved the cache).
Please be careful when replacing the cache so that you do not make it
too hard for the next cacher to retrieve the cache. Thanks.
Welcome to Flagg Spring Cemetery also known as Flagstone Cemetery (on the Google maps) or the Odd Fellows Cemetery (IOOF). The Flagg Spring Cemetery contains many historic graves and monuments as well as two Native American mounds.
From Wikipedia-"The Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound is a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The mound is an oval approximately 110 feet (34 m) long and 90 feet (27 m) wide; its height is 11.3 feet (3.4 m). It is believed to have been built by the Adena culture. The mound is one of the few remnants of what was once a large complex of prehistoric earthworks and other archaeological sites. While multiple village sites are still in existence around Newtown, including the Perin Village Site just 0.3 miles (0.5 km) to the northwest, many of the earthworks have been destroyed. Because of its location in a cemetery, the Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound has been spared destruction; although a few graves have been dug around the mound, there has been no significant damage done as a result. A smaller mound, known as the "Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound 2," is located within the same cemetery; it is only a small fraction of the larger mound's size. This mound has been partially damaged by the digging of six graves into its side; however, no artifacts are known to have been found during the interment process. For many years, the Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound has been a landmark in the community. In 1943, a survey of Newtown performed by the Federal Writers' Project highlighted it and noted that it was "the only mound distinctly visible" in the vicinity of the village. Thirty years later, the mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its potential to become an archaeological site. Four years later, the nearby Perin Village Site was granted a similar status.
Be sure to take some time and check out the monuments, mounds and mausoleums while you're here, but don't forget the other two caches as well.
Check out the official webpage for the cemetery here
Please be respectful of the graves and do not disturb any of them.
The cache is not on or near them. Thanks.
Congratulations to Grandfolks for their FTF on 07/23/11
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