GCNDQC Used to be Posey (Traditional Cache) in Oklahoma, United States created by GeoGryffindor

GCNDQC ▼

A cache by GeoGryffindor Message this owner

Hidden : 4/9/2005

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

You can retrieve the cache (green container) from either side of the fence. Please place the cache back so that it is hidden well. Gates will probably be locked (so that vehicles won't drive through) - but, there is a walk through entrance next to the gates. This is an amazing place. There is so much to see here, so do not plan on making this a fast grab. This location is open from dawn to dusk - so please abide by the rules.

Twin Mounds Community and Twin Mounds Cemetery First called Posey, Twin Mounds was a settlement in the early 1880's. It was named because of the prominent landmark, of two hills rising form the flat lands. The settlement originally had a store, school and several houses. When the railroad built south in 1903, it was by passed for a stop three miles further. Most of the businesses and people moved to the train stop named Mounds. Twin Mounds Pioneer Cemetery When people died one hundred years ago in pioneer days they had to be buried the next day because there were not any morticians to do the embalming. If lumber was available a coffin was made and covered with black cloth, if they had it. Some were just wrapped in blankets and buried. About one hundred years ago a man died on this prairie. There was no Mounds, Glenpool, Kiefer, and no cemetery. "Uncle Dump" Berryhill's heart was moved with compasson and he gave this five acres for a cemetery. Later he camped here with a rifle cradled acrosss his knees and kept the oil drillers out. Many graves are not marked. Some were never marked and some markers have been removed by tombstone thieves. Because of the lack of doctors and medicine many infants are buried here. A lot of heartaches and grief are in this small plot. The reason hymns like "The Sweet Bye and Bye", and others with the theme of meeting again were more popular then, was that every family had one or more deaths among their loved ones. People did not postpone salvation in that day. When cemeteries sprung up around local communities the use of this one tapered off. Relatives died off, descendants moved away and this little cemetery was neglectd, grwowing up with weeds and grass. It became a hangout for local teens, was vandalized, and became a spot for drugs and srinking. This spot is now being recognized for its historical significance and is being restored from neglect. These dead were once as active as you and I when they began to settle this part of the world. We ask you enter this spot with respect for them.