Historical Caches of Sullivan County Challenge Mystery Cache

HISTORICAL CACHES OF
SULLIVAN COUNTY
CHALLENGE

This is a challenge cache, the purpose of which is to encourage geocachers to go out and find those early Sullivan County geocaches that are still active. The geocache is hidden at the listed coordinates. To log this cache as found you must complete the challenge described below.

The requirements for completing this challenge:

1) Find 15 geocaches which were published before the 20th-oldest active geocache in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. This may include archived caches.

2) Use the Project-GC Challenge Checker to verify that you qualify for this challenge

A few notes:

1) If any of the geocaches are owned by you, you may claim them on your list.

2) If any cache on the list is archived, then the next oldest active cache will be included. Once a cache is archived, a new 20th-oldest active cache will be recognized by the Challenge Checker. Any archived caches will still be allowed on your list of 15 caches to qualify.

3) The challenge checker includes archived cache finds in your list, even caches which were archived before the publication of this challenge.

4) A successful run of the Challenge Checker serves as your proof of qualification. The checker will provide a formatted list should you wish to copy/paste one into your log, however this is no longer required.

5) If you have not yet completed this challenge, you may still find the geocache and sign the log, but you may not log it as a find until you have successfully completed the challenge. Any found-it logs submitted without completing the challenge will be deleted.

6) I have posted a write-note demonstrating that I have met the criteria for this challenge

Sullivan County’s Twenty Oldest:

1. (GCK0RQ) Cold Spring Cache (hidden on 2004-07-17)
2. (GCJW4X) Walnut Rock (2004-07-31)
3. (GCMVMD) High Rock (2005-02-19)
4. (GCTRVQ) Wright's View Cache (2006-03-07)
5. (GCVGHV) The DRT Cache (2006-04-18)
6. (GCW06R) High Rock Run Spur (2006-05-12)
7. (GCW06X) Sugar Camp Spur (2006-05-12)
8. (GCW3GD) Sonestown Covered Bridge (2006-05-18)
9. (GCXFRA) Hillsgrove Covered Bridge (2006-08-02)
10. (GCYB83) Stone Bridge (2006-09-16)
11. (GCYN5P) Pointme2 that Cache! (2006-10-05)
12. GCYNXY) Forksville Covered Bridge Cache (2006-10-16)
13. (GC14220) Aquatic Dreaming (2007-07-01)
14. (GC145KV) Sullivan Falls (2007-07-08)
15. (GC14793) By the Light of the Silvery "Moon" (2007-07-08)
16. (GC14QCK) "SplashPondDam" (2007-07-29)
17. (GC163WY) EMC (2007-09-21)
18. (GC16B66) Rusty Falls: NEPAG #8 (2007-11-04)
19. (GC190ZV) Hillcrest (2008-02-04)
20. (GCR1PT) Hunter's Lake (First Anniversary cache) (2008-02-29)

Thanks to deepdish23 for permission to expand his Historical Caches Challenge series and to Vogelbird for providing the checker.

The Hide

The cache is hidden near Sacred Heart Cemetery in Laporte Township. Viewed from Park St, the cemetery presents as a neat array of memorials in a well-manicured field. Only upon closer inspection does one find the forgotten souls resting in the burial grounds in the woods, clustered among rocks and trees (references points for a few of these included for the curious). This dichotomy reminds me of the old geocaches remaining in Sullivan County that constitute this challenge. Some are easily accessible, receiving many visitors each year. Others are further off the beaten path, requiring significant hikes and concentrated searches, but these are no less rewarding for those willing to seek them out.

A description of the hide and a spoiler picture are available from the checker, if you wish to use them. Please respect the area and its inhabitants while you are here, and do not seek this cache at night. The keyword is SULLIVAN. I hope you enjoy this challenge.

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