GC143YQ Prospect Hill (Traditional Cache) in Nebraska, United States created by The WBs

This cache has been archived.

The WBs: I was considering re-deployment or transferring ownership on my caches, as circumstances are unfortunately preventing the maintenance I should be providing. Archiving is the best option, based on the tone of some DNF logs and dwindling interest in caches in the "unknown" category that are not challenge caches. Thanks for playing!

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Hidden : 7/4/2007

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This historic hilltop cemetery is directly north of the Salem Baptist Church. This site is recommended for daylight visits only, especially for Omaha history buffs who have never been here before. The cache site is virtually a drive-up, but walking and driving tours are encouraged.

You're looking for a small Lock&Lock style container with room for small trade items.

This cache is in a Nebraska State Historic Site and was placed with the permission and encouragement of the Prospect Hill Cemetery Foundation Board. I'm glad to provide an active cache at this site, which is rich in Omaha area history. There are ongoing efforts to maintain not only the cemetery as a historical site but to plant trees and establish a legacy arboretum here.

This is the text of the Nebraska State Historical marker:
HISTORIC PROSPECT HILL--OMAHA'S PIONEER CEMETERY
Founded in 1858 by Byron Reed, early Omaha real estate developer and financier, Prospect Hill is the final resting place for over 15,000 citizens. While burial permit #1 was issued for Territorial Legislator Alonzo Salisbury on October 4, 1858, many were already buried here in the Cedar Hills and Omaha City Cemeteries, parts of which are within today's Prospect Hill boundaries.
Many prominent Omahans lie here. They gave their names to Omaha streets, schools and churches, and to many Nebraska counties and towns. There are veterans from every American war beginning with the War of 1812. Also interred here are nearly 100 soldiers who died on active duty during the Civil War or while serving at Omaha Barracks (Fort Omaha) from 1863-1887.
In 1887, administrative affairs were taken over by Forest Lawn Cemetery. However, in the 1890's, lot owners formed an Association to operate Prospect Hill. It continues to function. Omaha's pioneer cemetery, Prospect Hill, remains an active cemetery as well as an historic site which chronicles the growth and development of Omaha and Nebraska.

Here is a very impressive virtual tour of the cemetery with much historical information and gravestone images: (visit link)

Here's an abbreviated list of prominent historical persons buried here, with description and what they have given their name to:
Ezra & Joseph Millard -- Omaha Natl Bank founders -- Millard, Nebraska
Enos Lowe – gave Omaha its name, meaning “Above all others on the stream”
Jesse Lowe -- 1st mayor of Omaha – (was interred here, later moved to Forest Lawn)
James Woolworth – attorney – Woolworth Avenue
Smith Caldwell – mayor of Omaha – Caldwell Avenue
Algernon Paddock – US Senator – Paddock Road
Rev Reuben Gaylord – founder, Grinnell College
George Lake – judge in the Standing Bear trial – Lake Street
Frederick Krug – Falstaff brewery founder – Krug Avenue, Krug (later Gallagher) Park
Rachel & William Snowden – first permanent white settlers in Omaha
Adelaide Root – Omaha's first schoolteacher
Andrew Hanscom – Speaker of House in 1st Territorial Legislature – Hanscom Park & Blvd.
Andrew Poppleton – defense attorney in Standing Bear trial – Poppleton Street
Joseph Bauman – brewery founder who brought Gottlieb Storz from Germany
Harry Deuel – railroads – Deuel County
Elizabeth Reeves – Omaha's first female physician
Kountze family – founders, First National Bank
Byron Reed – real estate
John Redick – attorney – Redick Avenue
Levi Carter – businessman – Carter Lake & Park
Joseph Hummel – park commissioner – Hummel Park
Henry Yates – banker – Yates Street & School
Gen Silas Strickland – Civil War Shiloh battle survivor, Bellevue DA
Frederick Metz – brewer, State Senator
John W. Nichols – presidential bodyguard, was one of those dismissed by Abraham Lincoln the evening of his assassination, later in the ceremonial honor guard on funeral train
Alfred Sorenson – newspaperman, attorney
Augustus Hall – Iowa US Congressman, Chief Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court – Hall County
Anna Wilson – madam, “Queen of the Underworld”

This site has a wikipedia entry here: (visit link)

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