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Underground Railroad: Eden Baptist Church
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Waverly, Ohio 45690 United States Near By Caches
Hidden On: 27 Jul 2005
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This is almost a drive-up find, but it is in a churchyard, so no Sunday morning caching unless you want to explain geocaching to a bunch of little old ladies!
Eden Baptist Church was the spiritual center of the community known as PP Settlement. The church was founded in 1824 by former slaves and free persons of color. Some of the families assisted runaway slaves on their journey along the underground railroad to Canada. Thomas Jefferson had two sons by his mistress, the slave Sally Hemings. One of her sons resided at PP and raised his family here, attending services and farming just about a mile straight behind the church. One of his children is buried near here. The original building was located just up the road where the Eden Cemetery is now. The current building is the second one, but is older than Uncle Lawrence, who is 97 (and still mows his own lawn!) and attended Eden as a boy, riding one of the work horses with his brother and sisters. Oh, Mom just told me it was built in 1905. Please push the cache deep where you found it and re-camo well. We don't want the groundskeeper to put a hole in it with a weed-eater! Uncle Carl is almost as old as Uncle Lawrence and doesn't see nearly as well! This is a letterbox hybrid. The carved eraser stamp is NOT a trade item, please leave it in the cache. |
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12 Jun 2006 by
girdybird
(Finds: 3 Score: 11.5)
(Hidden: 0 Score: 0)
Open Log: Personal use only
Found while doing the HP event in Waverly over the weekend.
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22 Apr 2006 by
North and Gem
(Finds: 63 Score: 187.5)
(Hidden: 102 Score: 319.5)
Open Log: Personal use only Love church histories.... TFTC
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06 Aug 2005 by
mr bloodhound
(Finds: 232 Score: 748)
(Hidden: 46 Score: 143.5)
Open Log: Unrestricted
Stopped by after a day of destruction in Waverly. Traded one TB for two and left a requested momento for the cache owner. Love the caches with history lessons. Coordinates were on the mark. Thanks.
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06 Aug 2005 by
mr bloodhound
(Finds: 232 Score: 748)
(Hidden: 46 Score: 143.5)
Open Log: Unrestricted
Stopped by after a day of destruction in Waverly. Traded one TB for two and left a requested momento for the cache owner. Love the caches with history lessons. Coordinates were on the mark. Thanks.
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