Spirit of Lamy Traditional Cache
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A tethered container adjacent to side road, and need not to bush whack. According to a resident, this cemetery is on private land and the locals are very sensitive about strange vehicles. A nearby home overlooks this quaint little area. Therefore, this cache is placed at an offset from the cemetery which can be seen from GZ looking .23 of a mile at a NNW direction.
Named after Archbishop Jean Baptiste LAMY, a Frenchman who was sent to New Mexico by the Catholic Church in 1851, LAMY became a famous railway stop on the mainline of the AT&SF RR. A spur line was built from here to Santa Fe to service the trades and tourist industry. LAMY village was in the center of the 16,547 acre LAMY Land Grant that Archbishop LAMY had taken in trust for the church.
LAMY Post Office operated from 1881 to 1963. LAMY is still a major train stop with the nearby Legal Tender Restaurant and Saloon, and lately a museum, open for business from time to time.
This "Spirit" cache is placed here in memory of those pioneers and settlers of this area. We solicit the volunteer efforts of cachers like yourselves to place a "Spirit" cache at or near a cemetery of your choosing.
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