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Texas Spirit Quest #175: Harwood Masonic Cemetery Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/30/2017
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:





The Texas Spirit Quest
is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.

There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural communities across Texas. This series will introduce you to many of them. The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries, tombstones and local lore.

There are 133 interments here, with dates of death ranging from, oh, let's say olden times to very recently. Site seems to be in active use still. Of some interest is that there are at least nine Lamkins (by birth or marriage) laid to rest here, all of them born in the period of 1828 to 1894, while there are two other Lamkins born in the 1880s that are buried in the neighboring Harwood Negro Cemetery. There's a story there.

The site is fenced and well-maintained, but accessible, and parking is safe and plentiful. You WILL need to enter the grounds, and uncharacteristically for a TSQ hide, you'll actually have to walk some distance, as I am very angry at people and they should be punished. As always, any refinements to the listed coordinates are welcomed.



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf uvqr znl or nzbat zl zbfg vafhygvatyl boivbhf. Ab pyhr sbe lbh!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)