Deck of Cards Series
I do not save the log sheets from this series. If a log sheet is wet or missing, please feel free to replace it. Thanks.
There are a lot of great caches in Galena. Unfortunately there is limited room for more. But we need more caches for our visitors. My answer is to surround Galena with caches. Project GC tracks caches found by owner. I am working on finding 100 caches from each of 20 owners. I think it is only fair that I have 100 caches for them to find. I need about 50 more hides to end up with over 100 active caches. What is a number around 50? 52 - a Deck of Cards!
I will place caches 4 at a time. I will try to add interesting information about each. All the history in Galena is not in town. I hope you enjoy this series.
The Face cards are all located between US Rte 20 and the Mississippi River southeast of Galena. Notice that the roads are hillier near the river. East Galena and Rice Townships are where my German ancestors settled. Actually were from Prussia back before Germany was formed.
The Kirk F King caches are located along Pilot Knob Road. This is where my ancestors settled.
The King of Spades is located at the access road to Pilot Knob Cemetery.
My ancestors children married their neighbors. Then their children married neighbors. After a few generations everyone was related to each other. My great grandfather was born on the farm in 1860. My grandfather was born there too. I am related to most of the people in Pilot Knob cemetery. Please go in and look around. If you don't already know my last name it should be easy for you to guess.
My grandfather served in WWI. After the war he found work in the Blackjack mine. His older brother stayed and worked the land until 1950.
Grandpa moved off the farm and married the woman from town who taught at the school on Blackjack Road. It was like Romeo and Juliet. A German man marrying an Irish woman - unheard of!! They had to wait until her father died before they could be married.