McDivitt's Megalith
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- Created by:
bucknuts
- Submitted by:
bucknuts
- Start at:
N 41° 38.637 W 093° 42.733
- Location:
Iowa, United States
- Play Time:
Less than 1 hour
- Date Added:
5/23/2012 6:57 AM
- Last Updated:
12/12/2015 2:18 PM
- Downloads:
243
- Completions:
22
About This Cartridge
Urbandale operates the McDivitt Grove Cemetery located at 7001 Meredith Drive. The land was originally sold in 1853 to William McDivitt, a pioneer settler, whose name the cemetery still bears. When John McDivitt, son of William, died, his father set apart a portion of his farm for the cemetery in 1865. A schoolhouse was built on the site in 1866 and the ground was deeded for cemetery purposes in 1870. In the summer of 1875, the school was moved and a Church was built. The church stood from 1875 – 1950 on what is now the “West Addition” portion of the cemetery.
The Webster Township Trustees maintained the cemetery for many years. The City of Urbandale acquired the management responsibility for McDivitt Grove Cemetery in April of 1998.
McDivitt is a non-perpetual care cemetery. A permanent record of all interments is maintained at the Urbandale Parks and Recreation office. Records date back to burials in the 1860’s.
Starting Location
Arch Gate Entrance
Recent Cartridge Logs:
MeToo1865 played it on 3/26/2023
Rating: 
The cartridge ran well. I found the information without any trouble. However, I did not find a geocache container at the final location. Darn, I would have liked to claim the find after completing the Wherigo.
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cyther played it on 8/26/2018
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Been a long time since we've done a WIG. Enjoyed the journey!
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The Young Uns played it on 6/4/2017
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Fun find on a hot day!
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boasark played it on 12/13/2016
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Loved this WIG!! Of course I love caching in cemeteries, so that was a plus. It was 20 degrees and feels like 14, so didn't want to do a lot of walking today. This was just the right amount of time on a very cold day.
Interesting stones here and a lot of history. Thanks for bringing me here.
boasark
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Team Gamsci played it on 7/27/2013
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The unlock code won't unlock for me, but we had a good time looking around the cemetery. Saw a few unique headstones while here. And the final location was someplace we hadn't been before.
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