Cemetary Search #1
Naugatuck, CT
Placed: October 11, 2002
By: Mike, Beth, John-David, Aaron, Max and Skippy the Wonder Dog
Difficulty: easy


Oops a correction already

This is our first letterbox placement and since we are so close to
Halloween, and if truth be told, we like cemetaries especially really
old ones (call us weird if you like)

The stamp is my (Mike's) first ever attempt at carving and while I think
it's carved well, is on a primitive gum based eraser, I hope it doesn't
fall apart.

All paces are measured left foot only.

Without further ado ... Here are the clues.


In a sacred place where the dead are lain,
Just off the road from Old South Main.

The gated entrance on the road a bit steep,
Once was referred to as Cemetery Street.

Inside the gates go straight ahead,
Continue to search amongst the dead.

88 paces and this is no joke,
until you stand between a maple and oak.

If you see FARBER climb up from the gully,
Your next clue will be from Polly.

Find the old maple broken in two,
embedded in the tree will be your next clue.

Head south/southwest to Lemuel Potter,
Lois was his wife and not his daughter.

255 degrees and Isaac Hotchkiss you'll favor,
Not Elton or Milton or Poor Dora Shaver.

Selim and Amanda, they are in the ground,
walk 200 degrees and Doolittle will be found.

288 degrees for 12 will be the pace,
until your final resting place.

Search for the tall bronze monolith, where Ester Wooster lay,
April 30, 1882 would be the fateful day.

Reach your hand inside the hole,
go ahead now just be bold.

Push aside the two pieces of slate,
in the corner your treasure does wait.


- Poem by Beth

If you like graveyards, this one is pretty neat. Very old graves, many
dating from the civil war and a few from the early 1700's.