Indian Massacre Cemetery Traditional Cache

The name of the road in front of the cemetery is Indian Massacre Road.  The cemetery is actually the North Pownal Cemetery, but this is the old part, now closed to vehicles and new burials. There are many stories here, and one park and grab cache.   The cache is located just outside of the cemetery and is not near the cemetery stones..  You do not have go into any spooky places, like the old receiving tomb.  It is not in the wall.  The cc is a micro. BYOP.  Please rehide as well as you can.  

You can park right off Indian Massacre Road at what looks like and is the (now closed) road into the cemetery. Park at the bottom of this grassy roadway.  It is too small for modern vehicles, and there is evidence that stones  inside the cemetery near the road have been damaged because of it.  This would also damage your vehicle and the town could sue you.   So please do not drive through.  The cache is not far from where you park, and if you have the time, you can walk and visit some of the quiet residents here.  Please be respectful of the surroundings, and do not enter at night.

The cache is available in winter, but you would have to walk in.  Or you can snowshoe in without going near the stones.

This closed part of the North Pownal Cemetery has the oldest stones here.   Among the names you will see is the surname Brimmer.  Brimmer is a Dutch or German name, and the Brimmers lived nearby from before the time of the Revolution.  The Dutch settled in Pownal before the Connecticut Yankees did, so Brimmer is one of the oldest settler names.   Their property was both in VT and NY with the majority on the Petersburg NY side. There are other caches just over the border that also tell the story of the Indian Massacre, and why the road is so named.  On June 2, 1755, Indians killed  Johannes "George" Brimmer and his son Jeremiah, captured two other children, and took them to Canada to be sold as slaves. These two boys survived their adventures and eventually returned home here, where their family lived on for many generations.   Many people in the area descend from this Brimmer family.   

You will also see the surname Card here.   Addie Card was the child in the mill whose photo became famous many years later.  There is a cache for Addie in North Pownal too.