Use your CCGT passport to collect 25 codes found within each cache to redeem for your 2015 CCGT geocoin. In addition, if you have completed all five (5) years of the CCGT and you have your passport validated, a special trackable geocoin will be available in June. Visit www.visitclearfieldcounty.org/outdoors/geotrail0 for more information about the Clearfield County Geotrail, passports, geocoins and previous geotrails that are still open.
Clearfield County is full of old and historical locations, buildings, and remnants of by gone eras. Come and cache Clearfield County to learn about it's rich history through ghost towns, abandoned cemeteries Civil War uprising and it's rich Native American presence.
Johannas Ludwig Snyder was born on August 5, 1746. Also known as John, came to Pennsylvania in 1758 with his father's family. When his father joined the fight for American independence, John also enlisted. He servied for 6 years under General George Washington and General Wayne. He was one of the men in the Pennsylvania Continental Line that wintered at Valley Forge and fought in the battles at Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Paoli. He was a friend of Marquis De Lafayette and was present at the Yorktown surrender. Thought to be the first pioneer of Bell Township, he settled along Chest Creek in about 1820. A gunsmith by trade, he worked here as a farmer. He died on May 23, 1860 at the age of 113 year, 7 months, and 18 days. He is buried here at the New Washington Cemetery. When his wife Anna Marie died in 1857 at the age of 105 years, they were said to have been the oldest living couple in the United States.
(taken from Paths to the Past, A Historical Marker Driving Guide of Clearfield County Pennsylvania)
The road through the cemetery is no longer being used. Please park at the marker and walk through the cemetery to final coordinates. Please be respectful of this place.
The coordinates given will take you to a Historical Marker telling about John Snyder.
To find the cache container read the information from the Historical Marker. Below are latitude and longitude numbers. Follow the instructions to get the coordinates for the final stage.
N 40 47.584 + the year the marker was placed by the Clearfield Bicentennial Committee
W 078 40.504 + the year John Snyder traveled to France.
Add the numbers not regarding the decimal point. Example: N 40 49.548 + 1976 would give you N 40 51.524.