It is fascinating how the whisper of these stone pile travels to one ears. I had talked to my friend and fellow teacher D. House about using my GPS device. He is an avid Geocacher. I told him I did geocaching but used my GPS mostly to document the location of Native American stone piles. Some time after this discussion he told me that he found a geocache in one of these stone piles. Over the Memorial weekend my girlfriend Judy and I decided to go check it out. We made the drive to the Alfred area and headed into the woods. It was a hot buggy day and the wild roses made the hike a struggle but we did find native stone piles. This is a completely new area never before documented. I didn't have time for extensive exploration but I did find three cairns. They were in bad shape and somewhat unremarkable. I hope to go back next autumn to look for more. If any readers get a chance to check out this area I would like to hear what you find. These are the coordinates for the small pile where the cache is located N42 17.599 W 077 49.373 .
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Good to hear from you again. What you say sounds like a good site to check out in the fall.
I always seem to find something interesting when I geocache, other than the cache, of course!
Nice to hear from both of you. Thanks for stopping by. Still researching Native American sites but I haven't had much time to report. Keep in touch.
What town is this in?
The Turn Pike State Forest is just North of Alfred NY. Not far from Hornell.
I was showing your blog to Calvin and read this entry. That was a fun day. I don't think people shouold put caches in stonepiles though, tsk tsk!
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