Middletown Valley Sacred Ground (MVSG)
This is a tour of church cemeteries in the Middletown Valley. The Valley north of I-70 is deep country, lightly populated. Rolling hills and woodlands bracketed by mountains and meandering creeks set this geocaching scene.The spiritual ancestors for these churches moved into the north Valley (1756) from York County, Pa. Whoa! That was 270 years ago folks. ‘Sacred’ is the key word here. Six of eight locations will be active Sunday mornings. Good caching stewardship will take this into account.
This site is strictly dawn to dusk.
MVSG - Gross
In the early years (1700’s), the Brethren met in homes and barns depending on the season. The first permanent place of worship was the home of Peter Grossnickle, located on the hill across Middle Creek from the current church site. The first church building was constructed in 1847, called ‘meeting houses.' The present brick church was built and dedicated in 1889. There have been obvious additions since to the Grossnickle Church of the Brethren.
Gross is somewhere hereabouts.