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Mt Etna Cemetery Traditional Geocache

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M4ISU: The area at GZ has been filled with dirt, I’m certain the cache is still there but I’m not going to dig it up . thanks to those that stopped.

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Hidden : 3/2/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A small rural cemetery near the small town of Mt Etna in Adams county Iowa. One of several cemeteries and other burying places near this small town.  You need to enter the cemetery to find the cache but it is not near any headstones.  Be respectful of this area, do not hunt at night or during any ceremonies, and remember to CITO.   Small camoed bottle with log only, BYOP


A list of soldiers buried here is the only history I could find. 

Adams County Union-Republican
Wednesday, June 8, 1927

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD
Names of Soldiers Buried in the Adams County Cemeteries
WITH WAR SERVICE INDICATED
Record as Complete as We Are Able to Get It at the Present Time from Records

We are herewith giving a list of the soldier dead in the various cemeteries
in Adams county. If relatives or friends of the deceased ones know of any
errors in this list, we shall be pleased to have them notify us, so that the
records may be kept as accurately as possible.

In some instances the department of service is not given. If any of our
friends can furnish this information, it will be gladly received.

MT. ETNA CEMETERY
Jacob W. Fees, H 4th Iowa.
P.H.  Bailiff, b 64th Iowa.
H.G. McCollum, I 8th Ill. Vol. Inft.
Joseph Leipert.
William A. Fast.
Thomas Longmore.
Geo. F. Schooling.
Robert Townsely.
J.A. Thomas.
John Travers.
John H. Kindred.
A.J. Kane.
L.D. Thomas.
Jasper Mansfield.
Simon Arnold.
John Johnson.
John L. Thompson.
Levi Hollingsworth

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg arne nal urnqfgbarf - ohg V qvqa'g fnl nalguvat nobhg pbapergr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)