Mount Hope Cemetery Traditional Cache
ILReviewer: Since I haven't heard from the owner I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wishes to reactivate this cache in the next couple of months, please e-mail me at IllinoisGeocacher@yahoo.com and I'll unarchive it as soon as I can.
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This cache is hidden in the Mount Hope Cemetery located in Sullivant Township in Ford County just west of Sibley, Illinois on State Route 165.
Cache container has room for small trackables. Please bring your own pen & please be respectful while visiting the cemetery.
A little history on Mount Hope Cemetery:
The 20 acre plot was given by Mrs. M. L. Sullivant for a free burying ground. Her husband, Michael L. Sullivant owned 80,000 acres in Champaign, Ford, Piatt, and Livingston counties.
The first tombstone burial record was in 1874, but there are likely others buried there before that date, in unmarked graves. Where they are buried will never be known, as there are no records of deaths (or births) in the Sullivant records or the Ford County records. An additional ten acres was purchased by the cemetery board in 1960.
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