Aaron Strouse Mystery Cache
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Final Cache Coordinates: N 47 0_._ _ _ W 118 29.551
With lichen now my only friend, it smothers me in time's
embrace.
Find me quickly, don't delay, before my friend should hide my
face.
My resting place long forgotten, yet hidden treasure somewhere
near.
To learn the secret you must find, the date of my passing, my
final year.
Following excerpt taken from Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice:
"Aaron Strouse has always been a mystery. He was thirteen when his
Father died. At the age of twenty one, he married Sarah Ann Rice.
Sarah was only fifteen years old. It has been said that Aaron and
Sarah had four children, yet only two can be accounted for. After
ten years of marriage, Aaron filed for divorce. The actual decree
has never been found. His son, Harry, never forgave him for leaving
and refused to communicate with him. Aaron later married Helen
Hancock, of Waverly, New York. Helen suffered from severe mania and
died on 13 June 1897 in the Binghamton State Hospital. Following
her death, Aaron traveled west. He settled in Adams, Paha,
Washington, where he met and married Mary Dibble, a widow, on
October 9, 1903. Aaron died on 4 April, **** of chronic intestinal
nephritis. Following his death, his wife, Mary wrote a letter to
Harry Strouse, his son, offering to send him his Father's rifle, if
he would send her the postage. It appears that Aaron's early life
was not always a happy one. While we will never know the reasons
why he left Sarah, he was never forgiven. He died, never
reconciling with his son. Yet, his final wish was for that son to
have his gun. Apparently, he never lost track of that son, and
never stopped caring. I hope that his final years were happy ones."
* The first set of coordinates take you to the "entrance" of
where you will find
the specific item required to obtain the answer for the final
cache coordinates.
*Please remember to replace any items hiding cache from public
view.
 Available
year-round
 Less than 500 ft. from
car to cache
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Additional Hints
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