Inside the cover of each Geocache you will find two words. These
are to be placed on the appropriate spaces of a crossword puzzle
found on the Geocaching Adventure 2009 Brochure
found here. We will be holding a geocachers picnic
at Indian Springs Metropark on September 12th.
Watch the Geocaching Adventure
2009 Web site for more details.
This small family cemetery was established by the Nowland family
in 1866. The original name of this city was Catsville, but it was
changed to New Boston when the Nowland family patriarch traveled to
Washington D.C. to petition for a mail stop for the city. It seems
that there was town near the Ohio border already named Catsville,
so the town voted to change the name to New Boston. Mr. Nowland
became the town's first postmaster. Mr. Nowland had 5 children with
his first wife, and after she took ill and died, married again at
the age of 72 and had 4 more children. When the park system was
planning the bike path connector, they contacted the family who
agreed to sell the property. The Metroparks agreed to fence in the
cemetery, maintain the land, and register it as a historic site.
Originally this cemetery had 18 or 19 headstones, but over the
years vandalism and the river have taken most of the markers.
The cache is a 1.5 mile bike ride, on a paved trail, from the
parking lot.
This cache is located
within Lower Huron Metropark, a part of the Huron-Clinton
Metropolitan Authority park system.
A Metropark Vehicle Entry Permit is required: Annual Permit $20.
Senior Permit $12. Daily Permit $4.
For General information please call 810-227-2752 or
800-47-PARKS, or visit our website at
www.metroparks.com.
All park rules and regulations apply. Park in parking lots
only.
The Hours for Lower Huron Metropark are 6 am - 10 pm
daily.
Pets (on a 6ft leash) are allowed in this section of the
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