Forgotten Fields Traditional Cache
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Indian Fields Cemetary. Simple Terrain and difficulty of 1 maybe 1.5. No need to disturb plots, please be respectful.
In Indian Fields Cemetary. This is one of the most tranquil cemetaries I have visited.It is home to some of the oldest tombstones in the area, most of which were not originally here. The creation of the reservoir flooded the area and the plots had to be moved. The men that moved the remains ended up being quarantined for a time due to fear that the remains carried ancient diseases such as small pox.
The cash is a regular lock 'n' lock box. It is winter friendly. There is no reason to disturb plots. Please be repectful of the area. And take some time to view some of the historic headstones.
"The City built two reservoirs back in the 1930's. Alcove Reservoir was one of them. In doing so, they flooded the hamlet of Indian Fields (in Coeymans)/ Many small burying grounds were slated to be submerged, so the City paid to have men go to each and probe in the ground with iron rods for skeletal remains. When the Water Dept. moved these various Burying Grounds there, they moved a body and a headstone at the same time." John Travis.
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