Quick cache and dash. Placed with permission.
Clearfield County is home to 31 Volunteer Fire Departments, several Emergency Medical Services, and is full of “hometowns” who have taken the time to honor their fallen and living veterans through monuments.
Come and cache Clearfield County to learn about all the men and women of the armed forces, fire personnel and EMT’s who voluntarily enlisted themselves to serve the citizens of the U.S., the state of PA and their hometowns of Clearfield Co. with honesty, faith, compassion, courage and integrity and to uphold the Laws of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Good news! For 2018, we upgraded our geotrail to an official Geocaching GeoTour! Learn more about Pennsylvania's Clearfield County GeoTour, which offers a series of 5 related geocaching adventures: Forgotten Clearfield, Hometown Heroes, Waterways, Cemeteries, and Parks and Recreation. Codes are hidden within each cache. Collect 25 codes from across all 5 series and you qualify for a collectible prize. If you complete all 5 and have your passport validated, you can receive a trackable geocoin.
The Chesquehanna Melvin L. Brown Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8709 was named to honor Pfc. Brown who was born and raised in Mahaffey before enlisting in the U.S. Army. He was the posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for his service in the Korean War.
Other facilities named for Pfc. Brown are the bridge in Mahaffey spanning the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, the Army Reserve Center in Clearfield; the Brown Barracks at Fort Belvoir,Va.; a Korean War Memorial Park at Fort Hood,Texas; Camp Brown in Korea; and Brown Football Field, Camp Schimmnelpfennig.
While in town, head north toward the intersection of Route 36 and Route 219. Here, the brave men and women of the Mahaffey VFD selflessly protect this and nearby communities.