This cache is located in the Valley of Rest Cemetery in LaGrange KY. There have been many caches come and go in here, and this is next to come lol. This should be a quick park and grab, but please feel free to walk around and check the place out. There are a couple of famous people buried here that you may not know about.
One such person is Rob Morris, he was a Freemason and the founder of the Order of the Eastern Star. Another is Dr.Hubert Blaydes, a well-know Doctor of Medicine in Oldham County.
But the most noteiable person is probabaibly Verna Garr Taylor.
On Nov. 6, 1936, Verna Garr Taylor from La Grange was found in a ditch off Hwy. 146 with a bullet hole through her chest.
A .45-caliber pistol found nearby belonged to her boyfriend, Harry Denhardt. The case became one of the most famous Kentucky murder cases in the 20th century and made headlines across the nation. The case was featured many times on the Courier-Journal’s front page as the investigation and trial evolved into a series of dramatic incidents.
Taylor’s murder was of special interest because the accused, Brig. Gen. Harry Denhardt, was a decorated veteran of several wars and had been lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1923-1927).
A trial took place in Henry County on April 20, 1937. More than 1,000 people gathered for the trial. A loud speaker was placed outside the courthouse so everyone could hear what was happening inside. The trial ended in a hung jury and a retrial was scheduled on Sept. 21, 1937. On the night before the retrial, Denhardt met with his attorneys at the Armstrong Hotel in Shelbyville to discuss the trial’s strategy and then walked to a nearby tavern. Upon leaving the tavern to return to the hotel, Denhardt was gunned down by Verna Taylor’s brothers, E.S., Jack and Roy Garr. The Garr brothers turned themselves in and later were cleared of all charges. Roy claimed self-defense, E.S. claimed mental illness and Roy was unarmed. The abrupt ending for Denhardt left the Verna Garr Taylor as an unsolved case, even as of today.
There have been seveal books written about this case. one is A Black Night for the BLUEGRASS BELLE by Ian Punnett. Another is Dark Highway: Love,Murder,and Revenge in 1930"s Kentucky by Ann DAngelo. Either one might make for a good read.
As with any cemetery cache, please be respectful of the grounds. and please replace cache right where you found it.