Cemetery Caches - Again in Arizona

I am sure that not all cemetery caches are haunted caches.  If you don't have some really good stories of ghost and spirits, we have to assume that all those lost soles have moved on.  Right?  We can go on our merry way, wonder through the cemeteries and enjoy the thoughts of the history of these areas.  So many stories could be shared by the deceased, if they could only communicate.  So take you time, for the caches, enjoy the scenery, knowing that all is save.  But I would be willing to bet that most of you will not dare to do your caching at night. 

So, back to Arizona we go to catch up on caches that have been respectably placed in the home of the undead dead.

First up - 
GCPQ2H, Memory of . . . . . The Lost Padawans, seems to be a difficult cache to find.  As of today, there have been 109 happy faces since it was established in 2005 by AZJEDI, but it has also had 51 not so happy faces.  Tough odds.  This is an amazing location for a cache, if for no other reason then the nearness of Westgate City Center which includes Jimmy Buffett's  Margaritaville, Yard House Restaurant, an AMC theater, a ton of shops surrounding a grassy courtyard and best of all, University of Phoenix Stadium, the home of the Arizona Cardinals. 

Back to the cache - Here's the info as per Geocaching.com

Geocache Description:

 THIS A 2-STAGE MULTI, WITH A

 TWIST OF PUZZLE 

33° 33.214 & 112° 11.832 

 "IN MEMORY OF ...... THE LOST PADAWANS" 

The Above Coords will have you arriving at a Cementary, 
Yes I said a Cementary.....
SO PLEASE HAVE RESPECT !!! 

IF THERE IS ANY DIS-RESPECT THAT OCCURS I WILL ARCHIVE THIS CACHE... 

Bring a Flower or two 

Please take time to acknowledge the number of lost Younglings & Padawans... 

NO NEED TO MOVE / TAKE APART / LOOK INSIDE ANYTHING THAT A NORMAL CACHE WOULD BE IN 

This seems to be a very special cemetery cache.  I found no mention of any hauntings but did find many tender emotions stated.  This is a truly special cache. I don't know that I have the nerve to face this cache.  I'll stick to the spooky and ghostly. Check out what one cacher had to say -

Didn't find it.        06/02/2010

 It is better to go to a house of mourning 
than to go to a house of feasting, 
for death is the destiny of every man; 
the living should take this to heart. 

This is what I thought after attempting this cache. This one tugged at my heart! Could not find the cache though. I did look for while-and did get a little wet. I'll have to try again another time.

Very cool idea!

 Next up -

GCYXD6 - Los dias del muerto en Jerome sounds like a very interesting place.  The scenery is breath taking, the graves are tattered, the grounds are over grown with grass and weeds and the history that is evident here is absolutely amazing. As creepy as this all sounds, the worse danger that I found was the treat of summer heat, annoying grasshoppers an prickly cactus.  Check out the info and pics of this memorable cemetery, established by Zymurdoo.

Geocache Description: 

Take a walk through one of Jerome's cemetaries. Reflect on the past and enjoy the view. 

 Please take a moment to reflect on the inhabitants of Jerome's past. Park less than 500 feet from the cache but do not block the two roads to the right. You will find a locked gate but foot travel is permitted into the cemetery. 

Watch your step and follow existing footpaths. 

The hardest part of finding the cache is taking the right road. Look for a turn off approximately .15 miles from the cache and make your way to the parking area. You will pass some private residences so please watch for children and pets. 

This cache is hidden in honor of our favorite holiday and in a location with great views. 

Enjoy and Happy Caching!

 

I still have to say that I believe that New Mexico has the best haunted caches but this location in Jerome has the best collection of photos.  Those photos wouldn't be available if it wasn't an amazing area.  

Sticking to the same area -

Spirit of Jerome, GCVFJK is equally neat to the previous.  AzComet has been cacher friendly since 2006 with only a couple of frowning faces.  Here's the info - 

Geocache Description: 

Down a dirt road, in a mostly unmarked patch of desert scrub is a lonely cache and some of the hard working pioneers of the American west. 

The Arizona mining town of Jerome has a long and rich history, both literally and figuratively. Rich finds of copper pulled in a million dollars a month during the mine's heydey, thanks to the hard work of many often forgotten souls. 

Their hard work has ended, and most now enjoy a quiet view of the nearby Verde Valley. The rest of these pioneers are still busy as ghosts haunting in Jerome up the hill. Either way, as you visit our cache, pay your respects to the many forgotten spirits upon whose efforts Arizona was built. 

As you can see, the famous Adventure Mike actually had the nerve to go after this one in the dark.  Brave or Crazy?  No matter - he came out unscathed.  

Heading to the very deserted area, just out of Pima, there is the GC1N6A1, Bryce Cemetery cache.  This area is best known for their crops, mines and cowboys.   Woodcutter picked a great place for this hide, but again, I don't think that there are many spirits hanging out.  Check out the description -

Geocache Description: 

This is a small cache just outside the Bryce Cemetery. 

Cache is off of the Bryce-Eden Road. Trusty Companion was showing us around the area he'd been exploring. He thought we'd like this cemetery. If you know Trusty, you will know that he never actually stepped even 1 foot inside the cemetery grounds. But ignore the fact that Trusty wouldn't go into the cemetery. Go in and see the marker for Mr. Bryce. Yes, same Bryce that Bryce National Park in Utah is named for. 

Cache is a small tin but does have room for small trade items. The small capsule with the log book is a fold up pen. Please do not take it! Please only take 1 woodcut per team. 

 This cache description sounds pretty simple and easy.  But - if you take the time to read the profile of Woodworker, I am sure you will be extremely entertained. 

Heading south there is a cache with a frighteningly simple description.  I haven't been to this one so I have no idea what to think.  GC2NGDP, Once you check in, you never check out, is located a bit off the highway heading south out of Safford.  From what I have read, the biggest danger here is the heat and possibly the grouchy old man who wants to run you off if you don't have a relative buried there.  Littlelulu7 found a great, little known location for this cache.  Check out the little bit she offers as a description. 

Geocache Description: 

On a dirt road that is car friendly 

 It is all in the name.

And that is it.  All there is to go on.  I have one suggestion on this cache.  If you take a flower with you when visiting this cache, just maybe the grouchy old man will be a bit more easy on you.  And it never hurts to leave a nice little offering when visiting those who can not go out and gather their own flowers.  

Lastly - let's head farther south to the Town Too Tough To Die, Tombstone. 

Nobody can argue that Tombstone is a town of spirits running amuck.  The history of this town is of  mining, gambling houses, bars, brothels,  gunfights and death.  What remains is a great tourist town full of history, fun, spirits and caches.  There are many to find but for now I will share the information on GCGEOR, Monumental Ed, owned by Scrawlinn.  Sound like this cache is going to be pretty simple to find but, as always in Arizona, beware of the summer heat and creepy crawlies.  Many cachers mention close calls and sitings of both snakes and bugs.  Check out the description -

Geocache Description: 

Hidden near a monument to the founder of Tombstone, Ed Schieffelin. It's a Dirt road in from Tombstone city limits but well maintained; it can be used by non-4WD vehicles, only about 2 miles out of town. You will have to step about a rocky area just off of a side road. Be careful of rattle snakes, scorpions, thorns. The gate on the side road may be open or shut, dependent on current cattle roaming. If shut when found, shut when leaving. If open; leave open. 

**The monument was recently annexed by the Tombstone Courthouse National Historic site and is once again a nice, clean place to visit.** 

This was our first cache placed, 2 days after finding our first, and one day after joining 

Container: Large, rectangular, gray/blue, top-lid, rubber-maid type storage bin... about 5 GAL capacity. 

Concealment: Tucked in amongst a natural rock niche... added a few more rocks to one side so it's not visible to passers-by on the ranch trail. It's Easily visible to off-trail searcher. 

We keep it stocked with AZ and Mexico (Sonora) auto license plates. We welcome drops of license plates from other states/countries. 

Tombstone is a super place to cache.  Place on a day trip to The Town Too Tough To Die and enjoy some caching, eating and playing.

 Fear the night - in Tombstone shirt

Double gun w/ skull Tombstone shirt


















The Justice Team of Tombstone shirt  













That's all for Arizona, once again.  So many more to cover, so little time.  I think this will have to be a year round project.  Check back again for still another state with ghostly caches.  

Cemetery Caches In the U.S. - We Ain't Afraid of No Ghost

I have found cemetery and haunted possibilities all of the world while checking out graveyard caches.  Some a pretty scary sounding. Others are pretty mellow.  The later may be actually be scarier than the first.   I think I will be stickin' the the good ole' US for now - check these out.

GC342YX - Haunted WV - God's Acre Cemetery -
This caches was established by skyraider as part of the Haunted WV Series.  Here's the details.

Geocache description:

ExploreWV’s third geocaching series is Haunted WV, which takes geocachers to 20 of the Mountain State’s spookiest locations – that’s asylums, prisons, cemeteries, and much more. Some of these cache sites have even been featured on TV shows such as SyFy’s Ghost Hunters, TLC’s Ghost Adventures, and MTV’s Fear. 

Known by many names, this Campbell family cemetery is home to the first missionaries in the Bethany area as well as many past faculty members from nearby Bethany College. It is said that the stone wall surrounding the cemetery keeps the spirits inside, as if trapping them with no way to escape. Common paranormal occurrences have been noted in this area including a disturbing presence and occasionally strange mist shows up in photos. 

Please use etiquette and be courteous when geocaching and place the container exactly where you found it. Do not wander far from the cache site and be aware that some of these locations may not be suitable for the faint of the heart.

There is no doubt in my mind that this place could be home to many spirits, just waiting to help with the hunt for a cache. 

In the beautiful mountains of Colorado, there are many caches that are part of the Colorado Spirit Quest.  Tho I believe that this series deserves it very own post, or many post, I want to throw one of them in this assortment.

GC1HB5E - Colorado Spirit Quest #138 was established by outdrlvr201, October 2008, just a bit west of Central City.  There is almost no part of Colorado that is not absolutely breath taking and this is not exception.  Check out the info on this cache.

Geocache description:

“COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST”

The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.

There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across Colorado. This series will introduce you to many of them. 

The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and tombstones. 

 COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST is not affiliated with any other ‘Spirit Quest’ group. Special thanks and credit are given to SixDogTeam who started the Indiana Spirit Quest in 2004. The idea has rapidly spread into many states. 

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It cannot be accomplished by just one or two people. This project will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place these caches. 

 After locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the lives of those pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state.

 

BALD MOUNTAIN CEMETARY/CEMETERY--(misspelled on its sign) 

The original cemetery in Nevadaville was located in the center of town. It was moved to its present location in the name of progress and practicality. It was opened in 1877 by the board of Nevadaville, although the oldest stone dates to 1865 and there are 17 others that predate the opening.

There have been many reports over the years of ghosts and paranormal occurrences. One tombstone has the glass-covered picture of its underlying resident, Estel Slater, who died in 1895 at the age of 23; the picture was installed by his parents. At times, his ghost has been reported to wander the premises. Another legend concerns the buried remains of a woman determined to be recognized as a true witch by her peers. At a certain spot in the cemetery one is supposed to notice the weak stench of rotting flesh. If you are in the right area, a green mist is rumored to appear and a woman will stand upright and disperse maggots over the ground. 

To reach the cemetery, go through the town of Central City on Eureka, which turns into Upper Apex Road. Follow the road past the Rocky Mountain 2 IOOF-1865 cemetery, past the water treatment plant (the road becomes Bald Mountain Road). At a point where the Bald Mountain Road sign indicates you should turn left, continue straight ahead on Bald Mountain Lane (street not labeled). The cemetery is on the right side about 0.1 mile down the road. 

Between the stories and the appearance of this graveyard, I think this is one of the creepiest possibilities yet. 

Time to hit Utah.  7ofclubs placed this one in a perfect place.   GC18FX3 Clearfield Job Corps, not to be confused with corpse, has ghost-a-plenty.  First hand accounts from the cache owner and many more that are verified by area residents.  Check out what 7ofclubs has to say about this cache.

Geocache description:

Number 6 of 10 in the Haunted Utah series. It's really surprising what has happened around this place in the last 100 years. 

Clearfield Job Corps Center is a former Navy Base and has reports of different haunting's all over the campus. Dorm L: It is haunted by an old military nurse. Not sure if it's the same one that is in the TB dorm but this one walks down the hall. E dorm (the dorm I am in) is haunted by three spirits. One of them is a little girl, between 5-6 years old, who stands by the doorway of the entrance to the dorm. Others have experienced this girl walking down the hall bouncing a ball. The other ghost is possibly a former RA (residential adviser). You can see him walking down the hall making sure all the students are in their dorm. The third one is an unknown spirit, possibly an old student who died in that dorm about nine months ago." Dorm M: believed to be haunted by a spirit that sticks around the fire exit. They say he hung himself. Movie Theater: used to be the old military morgue. It is said to be haunted. Many things happen. The projector sometimes won't work. The TB dorm: haunted by a military nurse. 

Stealth definitely required. When I discussed the cache with security personnel at the CJC they were concerned that the students would muggle the cache. When I explained it was part of the hobby they were OK with it. BE STEALTHY! 

If you happen to be around Salt Lake City, just head north on the I-15, head for the Syracuse area and that is where you will find this very haunted cache.  While you are there, check out the many others in that vicinity.  There's a great variety including a number of those rare letterbox caches.  
 

Where to next ?  Well - let's stick to Utah.  After all, we are here anyway, right?  Just south west of Salt Lake City is the First Tooele Cemetery Spooky Utah Cache - GCQQMP, and as the name suggests, it's in the Tooele area.  The story of this graveyard is really strange with moved bodies, missing or unaccounted for bodies, and of course - the spirits that have suffered from all this turmoil. 
Strange enough, and it sort of follows with the history of the cemetery, this cache has been adopted twice, with the current owner being PeanutsParents. Let's hope this works out for them.  Here's the interesting story of this cache. 

Geocache description:

Part of the Spooky Utah Series.

Some one Hundred and Fifty years ago, the Mormons came to Utah. With this migration of people and animals, the LDS church decided that their religious base needed to spread through the region to create settlements that could grow both in faith and population. In the Tooele (pronounced Two-ill'-uh for non-Utahns) valley, the first Tooele cemetery is said to be haunted. Of course, like all cemeteries, it has its share of urban legends, and fairly famous local people, but this cemetery is special in how it was created, and later moved.

Records indicate that the first Tooele cemetery was used between 1850 and 1867. These were years of hardship for many new residents to the area, and nearly 100 bodies were buried somewhere close to where this cache is located. However, unlike most cemeteries, there were not “family” plots available to the residents of the new settlement. Instead, individuals were buried in the order that they died according to the next available plot. This means that neighbors were buried next to neighbors, but rarely did a family or family members find their bodies near each other unless a tragedy struck. In addition, permanent grave markers were not allowed. As a result, to this date, no one knows exactly whose remains were in which coffin and where in the cemetery they were placed.

In 1867, a new cemetery (currently still used) in Tooele was established. Once the “new” cemetery was created, many of the bodies were exhumed by hand and moved into their final resting place. From what records are available, some 55 bodies were moved at that time, though it still remains questionable as to which of the 100 buried in the first cemetery were moved to the new one. If you can do math, you understand that this leaves 45 bodies unaccounted for and left behind in the old cemetery.

Adding insult to injury, in 1997, the original boundaries of the first cemetery were determined. At issue, however, is that there is now a major thoroughfare on one side, and houses built over some of the former gravesites. Yes, the developer and owner of the subdivision did manage to recover what he could of the remaining 45 bodies, and set up the small park at the cache location, but due to the moving of the graves, and the order of the burials separating many families from their loved ones it is said by many locals that the ghosts of those first buried in this area still remain looking either for their body or their lost loved ones.

This is one of a series of spooky Utah geocaches that stem from urban legends about haunted places. The information contained here in may or may not be true (or only partially true), and is designed for thrills and chills. As with all the geocaches in this series, please stick to normal waking hours to do these (say between 6 am and 10 pm unless otherwise noted), and please do not disturb those living/dead nearby. I’m sure you know this already, but please be discreet. Lastly, have fun - I hope you don’t get spooked easily! 

There is a small off-street parking lot on the south side of the cemetary.

No cemetery story would be complete without a cache with the word HAUNTED in it.  So here is the Haunted Hill cache - GCX8EA, in Minnesota.  I would say that this is not winter cache, like most in the area, so get out and find this one now or at least by the bewitching night of October 31.  This cache by puber is sure to creep you out.  Here's the brief but adequate description.

Geocache description:

This is a mini micro cache but should still be easy to find. Bring a pencil to log your screen name only. 

Some say this hill is haunted by spirits that will push your car up hill. Others say it's an optical illusion. I'll let you be the judge after you try it. 

From the cache location drive your vehicle north, toward the T intersection, and note the location of the dip in the road. Drive your vehicle to where you think you're at the dip or the bottom of the little hill. Put your car in nuetral (turn off engine for best results) and your car should slowly roll south up the hill. Usually the spirits will stop pushing you at what looks like the top of the hill a little ways north of the cache location. I recommend doing this at night as it increases the scare factor. 

Area should be clear of muggles but beware as many youngsters visit the area and if they know somethings there they will take it.

Ok - that is sort of creepy.  And the suggestion of doing it at night - well - I agree.

 Just one more and we are going to Sin City for this one.  Tho the description does not mention the current residents, you can talk to many of the locals, especially the mature residents, and learn of many stories of the siting in the area.  It is even said that the surrounding fence is as much to keep
creatures in as it is to keep them out.  Check out GC2GDBX, Ghosts of Hwy 91, just out of Las Vegas.  dpo was right on when he placed this cache here and with it's name.

 

Geocache description:
Taking you back the the very beginning of the Las Vegas Strip..... 

 They put up a plywood wall, but maybe you can find a knothole or have someone give you a boost to look over it and see the remains of the first resort/casino on what would become the famous Strip. 

This cache takes you to the front lawn of the first resort in Las Vegas. You can still see the embankment of the driveway- the rest will require your imagination. 

The El Rancho Vegas was the first place to stay on what was Old Highway 91 as you headed for Los Angeles, "way out 2 miles south of town", long before anyone ever called it 'The Strip' This is where people would stay their 6 weeks- long enough to claim residency and get a easy divorce back in the 1940's. 

Opened in 1941, the El Rancho was a western themed resort, well known for its windmill landmark, fine dining and opera house that featured the top names in entertainment of the day. 

It all came to a sudden end in June 1960, when a fire destroyed the main building, and the land has sat empty and unused ever since, but you can still see three old trees that stand guard where the front lawn used to be. 

Cache is log only, Bring your own pen, Be aware of muggles and replace just as found. There will likely be lots of passerbys, but few will notice you as you rest awhile and peer into the past.........

Off to do more research on the haunted cache areas.  From what I have found, I may just have to do an entire post on those in Nevada.  Seems to me that some spirits just don't want to leave this area.  Check back and see. 
 

Cemeteries In New Mexico - Haunted Caches There Too

My mind is all over the place (nothing new for me) with it comes to the cemetery geocaches.  I have friends who have made suggestions.  Fellow cachers have offered up a ton of info on cemetery caches they have done and their favs.  When I add on my obsessive Internet searches - well, I have an issue here.  The solution, for the moment, will be to do some post by state.  Not the most fun way to do it but one that works for the moment.  Be prepared for a change when the mind bounces back another direction.

So - it is New Mexico for today.  This state is called "The Land Of Enchantment" but could also be called "The Land Of The Haunted Graveyards".  I know this because I have lived, worked, vacationed and geocached in this state.  There are a ton of abandoned graveyards around the state.  Many small ranching communities had their own sites that are now little more that a few grave markers and a fence.  Many of them have fallen fences and have become grazing territory in open range.  Tho many may find this depressing, geocachers find it an exciting place to visit, pay our respects and guarantee the dearly departed will have visitors by establishing a cache in the area. 

I have to make mention to one cache that I found on line that really disappoints me.  Not the cache itself but I am disappointed that I never got a chance to find this one before the muggles forced it to be archived.  Season of the Witch, GC2PM2W, was located the heart of Las Cruces, an area known as the Mesilla Valley.  This is what The Marauders had to say about their cache.

Located just south of Mesilla Plaza, San Albino's Cemetery contains a selection of very old graves, many of semi-famous people in from the near by town.  One grave curiously does not have a name marker, and is rumored to hold a witch of some ill repute.  This tomb has a four-foot black cross decorating it.  Though the cache is located at the entrance to the cemetery away from any graves, the supposed tomb itself is located at 32.16.039 / 106.47.415.  Please do not disturb the rest of this spirit or any other in the cemetery.

From what I have read, this is what I would consider the perfect haunted cache, except for the fact that there is no admittance after dark.  That would have helped with the spooky factor.  I will go there to visit this site someday, especially since there are so many more caches in the area. 




Box 1 & 2 have a really neat series called Spirit Caches.  I have only seen these on line but I am intrigued by them and will surely visit next time I am in the area.  When you go to the profile you will find the list but for now I will only show you one.  I love the community of Abiquiu, New Mexico and this cache is close by.  Here's your cache description of Spirit of El Rito - GC4FM68-

This black bison tube is outside this Community Cemetery.

This old Hispanic community was settled in the early 19th Century and the Post Office was established in 1870.  This Community is now the home of many artists.  A College, Northern NM College, was started here many years ago and now the main campus is in Espanola.  They do have a nice observatory. 

It was originally known as El Rito Colorado, "The Red Creek", taking its name from the creek that passes through the Village.  Tewa Indians called the El Rito Region "pink below place" for the El  Rito Mountains, known to them as the pink mountains.

Spirit caches are a series placed at or near NM Cemeteries in hopes of paying respect to the Pioneer Ancestors having "gone" on before us, and, possibly picking up a bit of history on the area.

I do not find photos on the site of this series but the area deserves a bit of mention, thus the pic above.  This is not a pic of the cache location.

Santa Fe New Mexico has many legends.  This area is known as the Tri Culture Community.  Each culture, the Indian, Hispanic, and the Anglo all bring history, stories and most of all, Spirits, to this land.  Anyone who has lived in the Santa Fe area can tell you stories of encounters they have had with spirits from the past.  And not all of them are happy spirits. In fact - all cultures gather together, once a year for the burning of Zozobra, also known as Old Man Gloom.  This tradition help to eliminate the bad spirits in ones life and allow for a fresh start.  All of this makes for a great deal of excitement when it comes to the haunted caches of Santa Fe.

The name says it all with GC2N92H, Santa Fe Ghost Hunt #3: The Old Hospital.  Pounce44 describes the cache like this - 

Geocache Description:

The Santa Fe Ghost Hunt is a series of (mostly) easy caches designed to bring you to some of the most haunted spots in and around this ancient city and reveal some of the stories associated with these locations.

The Old Hospital

The Legend

This building was the original St. Vincent's Hospital which provided the health care needs for Santa Fe and northern New Mexico for over 100 years.  Many years ago, a little boy died in room 311 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.  The boy;s father also died in the same ca wreck.  the recurring sounds of a small child crying (and sometimes screaming) were reported so often in room 311 that administrators sought to keep the room unoccupied.  Other tales of hauntings in the old hospital include the sounds of crying babies echoing through the halls on the 4th floor which once served as the  maternity ward and nurse's call lights mysteriously giving an alert from a room where an old lady had passed away many hours before.  Perhaps the most haunted area of the building is the basement, where former employees have reported a concrete wall which sometimes oozed fresh blood. 

Clock Tower - GC1QJ3E - is not listed as a haunted type cache but I can guarantee that the building has many residents for the past.  The St. Michael's Tow Clock is near and dear to me.  I was involved with much of the original building of this beautiful building and mourn the fact that it has not been maintained.  Over the many years of involvement, we encountered many odd and strange spirits.  But this post is about the cache and not the building.

bob8bear established this cache in April of 2009.  Since then there have been 141 successful finds and only 1 DNF.   Here's the description of the cache -

This cache was placed for our 2nd Annual Santa Event on May 16, 2009.

The cache is placed at this site for you to see the beautiful large, wooden, carved clock.  Years ago this building was occupied by a watchmaker.  Until recently you could see the beautiful carved clock thru the window on the outside.  The window was broken recently and was replaced with glass that you can not see thru so you may want to go inside to tee it.  The clock has the name Chipley 1983 engraved on it.  We were told the bell on top, came from the Ramadero Ranch north of Encino, NM in the Palma area.  We could not find any information about Chipley, so if you know more about it, you can include that in your log.  Hope you enjoy.  

The photo above may appear a bit haunting, as a spring snow storm was nearing, but that is nothing compared to what really lives within the walls of this building.  Enjoy the cache but beware of your company.  After all, you are standing on an old burial ground.

Albuquerque is a hub of haunting.  Almost any cache that is in the Old Town area could have a spirit or two hanging around.  But - there is one area in particular that is especially creepy.

Creepy-Sandia Ranch, GC21ZAN - J.A.R.  established this cache in 2009 and appears to still be around; the spirits of this location has yet to take her away.  Guaranteed, this is a very creepy area, just like the title insinuates.  Here is a brief description of the cache.

Does this name sound familiar?  I've lived in Albuquerque all my life and have never heard of it . . . until recently!

It turns out that this is an old abandoned sanitarium, The Sandia Ranch Sanitarium.

When a buddy told me about this, I couldn't get there fast enough!

J.A.R. goes on to explain some rules for this cache and also so great stories and info.  These rules do not seem to be the type that a rebellious person should ignore.  These are for the caching person's safety.  I did a bit of research and found that one thing is for certain.  The owners of  the property live adjacent to the asylum.  On occasion, if they are feeling annoyed at those who ignore the NO TRESPASSING signs and intrude anyway, they turn their dogs loose.  Those would be very large dogs, with one purpose in mind.  Best to listen to J.A.R. about this one. 

Cimarron, New Mexico is amazingly beautiful, during the summer and fall prior to the big snows.  It is a perfect area for caching, in the summer and fall.  Not so much during the winter.  Maybe that is why you may find more indoor type caches than outdoor ones. 

First - here is a little bit of info about the St. James Hotel in Cimorron -

This place has been the witness 26 murders including the famous Buffalo Bill and Jesse James. Many others such as Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid have visited also. It got quick acclaim for how violent its saloon,, restaurant, and bar would get. The second floor is most active with the smell of cigar smoke and a lot of cold spots. Although they are most felt and not seen, a couple groups have seen cowboys in the mirror next to them when getting a drink. Room 18 is closed off due to the fact that there is an ill tempered Thomas James Wright who abides here. It seems that after he won his rights to the hotel one night, he was shot in the back and went in the room to bleed to death. People have been pushed down and an angry orange light also floats in the air. Room 17 is occupied by a former owner's wife and she makes noises in the room including tapping on the windows. Many more apparitions have been seen here including ghosts of children and a dwarf like guy who plays tricks. Also reported is a phantom poker game. The best part about this place is that excluding the hauntings it is actually quite the vacation spot. Well worth the look.

With this in mind - take a look at what  mousewiz has to say about the St. James Travel Bug Hotel - 
GC13RWC -

The historic St James Hotel was built in 1872 for a cost of $17,000 and has housed such folks as Buffalo BIll Cody and Black Jack Ketchum. Go inside the dining hall to see all the bullet holes!

I recommend you go inside and watch the video available in the lobby that points out some of the amazing history of this establishment. If you are into ghosts, the story of T.J. is especially gruesome. Even Mary Lambert may pay you a visit, but hold on to your possessions.

Replace this cache just as you found it. Be stealthy as this establishment is quite busy during the summer season.

Take the time to look around or have a bite to eat.  Maybe, just maybe, you will experience more than just a bit of caching. 

That's it for New Mexico, at least for now.  There's lots more states to cover.  With the info that I have gathered, I am sure that I will return before the All  Hallows Eve with a few more but for now - on ward we go. 

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