County Home Traditional Cache
Hidden : 8/15/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Traditional cache hidden in a relatively unknown location with an even lesser known history. Should be a fairly easy cache and dash! FTF prize! CONGRATULATIONS TO EYEHEARTWADDLES FOR FTF!

Around 1900 the Bloomsburg Poor District was established. A farm was purchased in Mt. Pleasant for this purpose and served Bloomsburg, Millville and Greenwood in a large home which was located about a half mile from this location. Mt. Pleasant Township took care of its own until the last 30-35 years. We had men who were appointed Poor Overseers. Some of these were: I. M. Dennen, John K. Mordan, Evan Manuel (Doc) Crawford and Elmer Edwards. It was these men's job to find a place for the poor to board or to see that a family was provided with food and wood or coal for heat. The poor farm was known as the County Home and, once it was closed down, became the site of the Columbia County Landfill.  The location you are visiting is a memorial to those who passed away at the home and were laid to rest here.  Note the poignant grave marker near GZ - "Loved at Last". Please be respectful of the area. There is no need to enter the actual graveyard to grab the cache.

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