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Ghosts of Texas - Evergreen Negro Cemetery Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/11/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The Evergreen Negro Cemetery is the third oldest African-American Cemetery in Houston. There are former slaves and World War I veterans buried in this cemetery.

In 1960, 490 individuals, more or less, were removed by the City of Houston to expand Lockwood Drive from Sonora to Library Road. Re-interments were in other sections of the cemetery as well as at Eternity Park Cemetery, Oak Park Cemetery and Paradise Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home, located in Houston, Texas, was awarded the contract for the removal and re-burial of the bodies. There are no records existing regarding the remains and relocation as there were no cemetery lot/plot records and many of the graves were unmarked and/or unknown individuals. At the time of the removal, very few family members were located who could connect names with burial location.

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The Ghosts of Texas series was originally created by Log Dawgs as an open to all cachers series for cemetery hides. You can add to this series by hiding a cache in a cemetery & naming it “Ghosts of Texas — [BLANK] Cemetery.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)