HVPGT: Rest 'n Peace CC #1 - Benner Cemetery Traditional Geocache
HVPGT: Rest 'n Peace CC #1 - Benner Cemetery
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This is the 1st in the Rest n' Peace Cemetery Series - Centre County. It is a long abandoned family cemetery, and one of Centre County's original founders and namegiver General Philip Benner is buried here.
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This is the first cache in the Rest n' Peace Cemetery Series - Centre County, and I could think of no better start than a cemetery that has been off-limits to the public for a quite a long time and has most likely been wholly forgotten. Members of an influential founding family are interred here, with the last known burial in 1890.
Parking for the cache is noted, and it will be a short walk on a dirt road to find the cache. At the parking coordinates you will find an artifact from the previous owner, a No Trespassing Sign from The Rockview State Penitentiary. Following the land transfer deal completed in 2010 this land is now owned by The Pennsylvania State University. If you feel uncomfortable accessing this cache, please choose another to find.
I repeat. This land is NO LONGER OWNED by The Rockview State Penitentiary and is owned now by Penn State. The transfer was signed into law on July 9th, 2010, by Governor Edward Rendell in HB1890.
Please see the attached image of the land apportionment and/or follow the links below if you would like further verification.
PA House Bill 1890 signed into law
Map of New Property Ownership
Penn State dean praises collaboration in passage of Rockview land bill
As with any cemetery cache, please be respectful of those interred here.
For a listing of those buried in this cemetery, Click Here.
Additional Hints
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