Spirit Quest - Swedish Luthern Cemetery
The cache is located at the just off the edge of the walking path and is well away from any graves. There is no need to leave the path to find the cache. As with any cemetery cache please be respectful of the grounds and any possible visitors that might not understand what we are doing. Limit your search to daylight hours only please. Even though there are no posted hours, on site, this is a Bothell city park and is open from dawn until dusk. Which means do not seek this cache during hours of darkness.
There are 39 known internments in this cemetery. The first was in 1901, the last was in the mid - 1920's. The Swedish Luthern church which owned this cemetery disbanded in 1927 and the cemetery was never used again., From there the ownership of the cemetery went to Bethany Lutheran church and later Augustana Lutheran retirement home in Seattle. In 1982 the cemetery became property of the city of Bothell. Unfortunately a lot of vandalisum occured during the 55 years between Swedish church and city taking ownership. Today there is a walking path though the cemetery, and 7 visable stone pedistals which once would have had a stone on them. Other than the first buriel all other internements are of dates unknown. Locations of buriels are also unknown, except for the 7 visible pedistals, and it is unknown who they are marking.
The cache is located near the walking path and is well away from any graves. Limit you search to daylight hours only please.