Bittersweet Traditional Geocache
knowschad: Let somebody use this spot for the Manning series.
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Pretty much a park and grab, but I hope that you take a little more
time than that look around. There is no need to enter the cemetary
to retrieve the cache. The container is a Bison Tube containing a
log only, so BYOP. Please treat this location with all of the
respect that it deserves.
I first discovered this little country cemetary several
years ago completly by accident. The cache is named for the
bittersweet growing in spots along the fence.
A bronze plaque at this location reads:
Mound Prairie (or Rice-Landes) Cemetary Est. about 1860 A small
church once stood on this site
Wash Co. Historical Soc. 1983
Prairie Mound Cemetery
Alternate name Rice- Landes Cemetery
Established 1859
Notes The cemetery was named for two prominent families, Rice and
Landes, who are buried there and the Mound Prairie church which
once stood at the corner of the lot. Its work was taken over by the
Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church in Afton.
The register of burials was kept in the record book of the Mound
Prairie Church Association formed in 1896 and an old plat map shows
a church in one corner. The earliest known burial was of Fannie Guy
in 1859.
A bronze marker with the cemetery name was installed in 1983 by the
Washington County Historical Society.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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