1. MAUSOLEUM/CRYPT/TOMB
Start at the Center Conway Cemetery Mausoleum, outside the cemetery. Face northwesterly and walk along the cemetery hedge and fencing until you reach the farthest corner. Turn southwesterly and head along the path in the woods and parallel to the cemetery fence. Walk until you reach the first opening in the wall. It is marked by two tall granite posts. Face east. 2. ORIGINAL FRONT
Facing east, walk through the original front opening of the cemetery. There is a large dirt pile in the way. 3. LAMSON
Look to the south. There is a trio of headstones marking the burial places of the Lamsons. 4. SLEEPING LAMBS
Head due east to MORTON plot, 12 paces. Here lies the resting place of Little Ruth and Annie. 5. COTTON
Head east on the road to LYDIA SNOW on your right. Turn and face north. Follow the road to the 9th pedestal monument on the left—Cotton, Henry B. 6. STARK Turn and head south, looking on your right for a stark white marble stone. It will be located behind the Mudgett plot. 7. ODELL
Retrace your steps to LYDIA SNOW. Continue southwesterly to ESTELLA ISABEL SEAVEY. Turn right and head northwesterly. Go two rows beyond a repaired stone, then turn and face the stones in the EASTMAN/ODELL plot. To the left are two unmarked granite fieldstones. 8. EASTMAN
Face southwesterly and look five stones to the right. There is a white marble headstone that has a footstone opposite it. 9. SETTLERS
Head northwesterly ten paces toward the plot of nine unmarked fieldstones. They are all made of granite and are different sizes. 10. PORTER
Keep heading northwesterly to the corner stone with a Revolutionary War marker. Marble stones mark the graves of Nathaniel and Sarah Porter. Sarah Porter’s stone, now broken, is the oldest stone in the cemetery. 11. DAVIS
Head to the right of the Porter stones. Under these three slate stones lie the dearly departed Davis graves. 12. SINCLAIR
Head southwesterly from the Davis plot, sixteen paces, along the granite wall. There are seven stones, all made of marble, not facing the woods. 13. FARRINGTON
If you are looking southwesterly, you will see a trio of stones. Two are broken and one is a whole slate stone. Walk thirteen paces toward that stone. 14. BURBANK Turn southeasterly, walk ten paces. Look for a slate stone with a GAR marker beside it. The headstone will have a weeping willow inscribed on it. 15. HOWARD
Facing the Burbank stone, turn left and face northwesterly. Walk twelve paces to find where Howard’s stones lie. 16. PAUPERS GRAVES
Head southeasterly to the back corner of the granite wall where there is a partly grassy section. 17. STARK
From the Paupers section, head north toward the clump of white birch trees. Go just beyond it to a fallen and broken headstone. 18. QUEST BOX From Stark go southeasterly about seventy feet and look under the end of the granite wall. Stamp your quest journal and log your visit. |