The Old Harmony Church Cemetery Multi-Cache
The Old Harmony Church Cemetery
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Located just off of exit 105 on I-79, this should be an easy Multi and Letterbox! Don’t forget your stamp book! Please leave the stamp and ink pad in the cache. They are not swag! You may drive up to the cemetery if you want but the road is narrow and there isn’t much room to turn around. If the church lot is chained off, parking is available across the street at the inn. Please remember where you are and be respectful of those resting here.
The coordinates will take you to a Memorial Plaque for the original location of the Harmony Church to solve the final.
To get the second stage coordinates you will need to know that the Cemetery was established in 1811
A= Take the year that the original church was built and subtract the year the cemetery was established
B= Is the number of letters used in the abbreviation of West Virginia
C= Is the number of times the word Church is used on the plaque
N 39° 05.AC5 W 080° 2B.B90
Here stood the Old Harmony Church over 200 years ago. Witness to Border Warfare and Civil War alike. The Old Long Church on the hill was used until 1880, when the present church was built and occupied. It was a log hewn church about fifty feet long and forty feet wide and twelve to fifteen feet high. It had a gallery in the rear and on the two sides which held half as many as the main floor. The windows were in the gables and on the side near the pulpit along. The door was at one side under the eaves. The church was, no doubt, heated by an open fire built in a fire box, and it was lighted by tallow candles at night, and the sun’s ray, no doubt, penetrated the church though greased paper placed over the windows in the day time. The seats were made of long planks supported by two legs at each end. A very crude and primitive building and furnishings. Enjoy the cache and the history!
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