The Galena Grave Robber cache will take you to the oldest cemetery in historic Galena, Illinois. The City Cemetery was one of the few prominent features on the first known plat map of Galena. Today the cemetery is maintained by the City of Galena as a historical site.
This cache is intended to encourage community members and visitors to the explore the site and learn the importance of the site in the context of Galena's history. The cache was placed with permission of a city official. Please be respectful at all times when inside the confines of the cemetery. Also, please be respectful and avoid all private property adjacent to the cemetery. This cache will be immediately removed if there are any complaints.
The information needed to obtain the coordinates for the second stage are found just outside the cemetery fence at the posted coordinates (the first stage). A gate to enter the cemetery from an adjacent city park is also at the posted coordinates. On street parking is available in front of the gate.
The date listed for the First City Cemetery? = ABCD
The date the cemetery was restored? = EFGH
Complete the coordinates for the second stage by replacing the letters with the numbers from above:
N 42.25.07C
W 090.25.BDC
At the site of the second stage you will find the name David Robinson. Record the answers to the following questions: (If you turn approximately 180 degrees while reading this monument you will be looking the pre-Civil War home of President Ulysses S. Grant. The home is brick with a white summer kitchen addition on the rear.)
The date that David Robinson died? = IJKL
David Robinson’s age when he died? = MN
Complete the coordinates for the third stage by replacing the letters with the numbers from above:
N 42.25.II4
W 090.2L.906
At the site of the third stage you will find the name Richard Hazell. Record the answers to the following questions:
In what war did Richard Hazell fight? = OPQR
What year did Hazell die? = STUV
Complete the coordinates for the final cache by replacing the letters with the numbers from above:
N 4R.R5.SUU
W 090.R5.9R4
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