GERMAN LUTHERAN CEMETERY Traditional Geocache
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USE E. CO. RD. 900 S. TO FIND THE GRAVEL ROAD AT THE BRIDGE.
THE HIGH TERRAIN RATING IS DUE TO THE LAST HALF MILE OF THE DEAD END ROAD.
THE TERRAIN AT THE CACHE IS MORE LIKE 1.5, MAYBE 2.
CACHE IS OUTSIDE OF THE CEMETERY FENCE AND NEAR THE PARKING AREA.
COMING HERE WAS LAST MINUTE, SO I STOPPED AT A QUICK STOP STORE FOR A CONTAINER. IT HAS A NIPPLE ON IT !
SOME CLAIM THIS CEMETERY IS HAUNTED AND THERE ARE GHOST HUNTER VIDEOS ON UTUBE ABOUT THIS PLACE. I DID HERE NOISES WHILE I WAS HERE, AND THINK IT WAS A DEER STAMPING AND FARTING.
Bear Creek
"aka"
St. Paul's
German Lutheran Cemetery
Located in the most northern part of Switzerland County, near both Ripley and Ohio Counties. This cemetery is inaccessible most of the year. You go through the creek twice, there is a very steep, winding hill which is 6/10 of a mile up. The road base is very rough and front wheel drive is a necessity.
According to the County History, St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded September 13, 1846 by Rev. Oscar Hungler. The church is gone, but at one time there was also a parsonage, when the congregation had outgrown the church, a new one was built, the old one was then used as a Lutheran school. It is surrounded by a fence.
St. Paul's is not to be confused with the church and cemetery at Bear Branch, which is in Ohio County and is called St. Peter's.
The oldest stone Wanda found was from 1856, but there are about 25 stones which are down or illegible. Almost all the stones are inscribed in the old German and are very hard to read. There were only five stones in English. The last burial was in 1940.
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