Forgotten Cemetery Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/30/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A quick park and grab in a forgotten cemetery.

This cemetery was opened in September 1916 and was used by the Norfolk State Hospital for the Insane until about 1957. The first patients were sent to the hospital (now operating as the Norfolk Regional Center, located north of the intersection of Benjamin Ave. and N. Victory Road) in 1888 from the Lincoln hospital. Patients were then taken from across the state as needed. It is important to know that this facility, though technically for the "insane" was actually used more like a nursing home. Anyone who could not take care of themselves was sent here. Some that had had strokes or incidents of paralysis or senility or simply old age, etc. were sent here. Every able bodied patient was put to work doing something. The State Hospital was almost totally self-sufficient. There were animals to care for, cows to milk, eggs to gather, fields to be plowed, planted, weeded and harvested (with horses). There were gardens to tend, laundry to do, food to clean, prepare and serve, dishes to do, as well as all sorts of other activities to keep people busy. They went on picnics, they gathered flowers and berries, and took long walks. While many persons that died at the hospital were returned to their families for burial, many had no family nearby or died of something that necessitated an immediate burial. This cemetery is located along Benjamin Avenue near the junction of Highway 35, near the Northeast Community College Ag Complex. It is mowed regularly. The trees surrounding this cemetery were removed in recent years and a small fence was built. There is a row of shrubbery on the Benjamin Avenue side. There are not very many markers in the cemetery (about 12), but the total number of burials are about 455 and can be found by "counting dips" from a known location. A complete list of burials and plot numbers is available from the Madison County Genealogical Society.

 

Congrats on co-FTF to:  GeoJudt and p.boy on 07-31-2011

 

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