Nevada History - Unlucky Lon Multi-Cache

My favorite geocaches are virtuals.  However, a number of years ago, the decision was made to no longer allow virtuals to be submitted.  However, multi-caches allow the use of a virtual stage that allows us to learn about someplace interesting without having to hide a physical cache there.  You get information from the first location and then go to another location to find the physical cache and sign the log. THERE IS NOT A GEOCACHE HIDDEN AT THE FIRST LOCATION.

For this easy two part multi, you will start out in Deepwood Cemetery and learn about Unlucky Lon.

On a stormy morning March 4, 1897, morning, a railroad switching crew came upon the body of a man face down in the east part of Nevada. He was soon identified as 26 year old Lon Dorsa.  Lon had been working the night before and he and his father had walked home.  They then separated to each go to their homes.  Lon was recently married and was going home to his young wife. It had been storming, so Lon had used his umbrella.  All evidence indicated that Lon was struck by lightning since the left leg of the trousers was torn to shreds and the shoe on the left foot torn to pieces. The man’s hat or what remained of it, laid about ten feet away.  The remnants of his umbrella were nearby and everyone was sure that lightning had struck the umbrella first. 

Elaborate funeral services were held on the following Sunday at Trinity Church. After the services, Company H of the Missouri National Guard escorted the body to Deepwood Cemetery. The funeral procession was said to be one of the largest ever in Nevada.

A monument company was soon contracted to build a stone sarcophagus for Lon Dorsa.  A single boulder of Carthage limestone that was 9 ½ feet long, 4 ½ feet wide, 2 ½ feet deep, and weighed over 21,000 pounds was brought in on a train.  The estimated cost was $350.  The plans were to hollow out the center.  Then the coffin was to be placed in it.  When the sarcophagus was ready, it was was moved by a series of rollers. Finally, it was moved to its final position to complete the burial of Lon Dorsa in Deepwood Cemetery.

One of the oddities of the Lon Dorsa sarcophagus, is that it was originally fitted with a thick glass window covered with a  stone Bible that could be rotated aside so that his widow see him.  She had a key to allow the rotation.  After a few years, the window was sealed when decomposition of the body became too advanced.  Years later, vandals damaged the stone Bible and broke the glass.  Now a sealed stone covers the opening. 

Now that you know about Unlucky Lon, you are ready to find the final geocache.  It is on the edge of Deepwood Cemetery.  To get the final coordinates, answer these two easy questions while looking at the Sarcophagus.  Your goal is to complete these coordinates:  N37 49.AAA W094 21.BBB

There are words around an oval where there was once a photo of Lon.

• If those words say "Rest in Peace", then AAA = 256
• If those words say "My Dear Husband" then AAA = 862
• If those words say "Gone but not Forgotten: then AAA = 656

What was Lon's first initial?

• If Lon's first initial was F, then BBB = 254
• If Lon's first initial was J. then BBB = 552
• If Lon's first initial was T. then BBB = 752

The final container is larger than the one originally placed and you can probably walk to it from the sarcophagus. The revised final location is not near any gravestones. Since the first stage is in a cemetery, NO NIGHT CACHING.