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MMG17: Light of a Single Lantern Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/4/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coords. Please observe dawn to dusk caching. 

Anna M. Mees

Born:  Feb. 16 1828

Died: June 16 1892


In 1892, a young man named Peter Roseberry was visiting the Lerner home in Mason when doctors pronounced him sick. At first, it was simply chicken-pox, but as more of his visitors got sick, it was decided by local doctors that it could be nothing other than a smallpox outbreak.

The towns of Mason and Pomeroy were put under strict quarantine, with armed guards posted on all the roads leading from town. Trains did not stop in town, postmasters refused to handle mail, and clothing was burned in order to prevent the disease from spreading.

By the time everything had settled down, it seemed the confusion had prevented everyone from understanding the exact toll. Local records say that there were 56 cases on our side of the river, as well as nearly a dozen deaths. However, the State report says that there were 53 cases, and only listed 5 deaths at Mason City.

There were also only five deaths reported in the local papers, those being: Peter Roseberry, Dana Jackson, George Broker, William Zirkle, and Anna Mees.

The elderly Mrs. Mees had visited Peter Roseberry multiple times and cared for him during his illness, and when she passed, she was buried in Adamsville Cemetery, next to her husband. It's possible that her burial was one of those mentioned by John Mason, in which "some of those who died had to be buried at night by the light of a single lantern. I attended several such burials, carrying a lantern ahead while two or three men pushed a handcart containing a coffin. No one else was allowed to attend the burial, which in some instances were very crude, as well as sad."

You must find the answer to the question

Anna Mees Died from:

A: Chicken Pox

B: Small Pox

C: Broken Heart

If the answer is:

A  use  N 38° 54.999 W 082° 06.999

B use N 39° 01.378 W 082° 00.650

C use N 38° 50.999 W 082° 07.999

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