Bethesda Meeting House
“The church was constructed on the foundation of an 1820 Presbyterian church which burned down in 1849. It served as the Bethesda Presbyterian Church from 1850 until 1925 when the congregation decided to erect a new church on Wilson Lane, farther south in Bethesda. When the church moved to its new location in 1925, the trustees sold the building and 7 acres (2.8 ha) of land to Mrs. May Fitch Kelley. The Presbyterian congregation, however, retained ownership of the cemetery.
The community of Bethesda was named in 1871 by the postmaster, Robert Franck, after the BMH. After nearly 10 years of lobbying efforts, Rev. Edward Henry Cumpston (pastor of BMH) convinced Mr. Franck to change the name of the post office from "Darcy's Store" to "Bethesda" in 1871.” (Wikipedia)
This beautiful site is the reason Bethesda is called Bethesda. The old buildings and cemetery sit upon a hill that overlooks the area. This is a two step geo cache with the final cache located off site. Use the plaques and codes below for finding the final cache at these coordinates:
N 39 00. (1) (2) (3)
W 077 05. (4) (5) (6)
A=1
B=2
C=3
D=4
E=5
F=6
G=7
H=8
I=9
J=0
(1) TP, 9W, 3L
(2) BP, 8W, 1L (Do not count the Year)
(3) TP, 12W, 5L
(4) BP, 2W, 2L
(5) TP, 4W, 1L
(6) BP, 3W, 1L
The cache is a magnetic key box that is big enough to contain a log and small items. Like other caches of mine a token goes to FTF-Gold, STF- Silver and TTF- Bronze. Good Luck and Enjoy!