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DISCOVER THE PAST IN CORTLAND COUNTY

LET’S GO ON A GEOTOUR!
© Katie Keyser, Cortland Standard
Experience the history and beauty of Cortland County
by taking the Experience Cortland GeoTour!
NEW YORK STATE This tour will take you along the byways of Cortland
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
W hen you think of country music, the first thing that might come where we’ve stashed caches for you to discover. Learn
County to the secret (and not-so-secret) hideaways
to mind is Nashville, home of the National Country Music Hall
about a Civil War encampment, Cortland’s connection
of Fame. But fans of country music in New York need not travel
to major league baseball, the most unusual grave marker
any further than Cortland to get a taste of its rich history. Visit
the New York State Country Music Hall of Fame and browse you’ll ever see, and more.
the array of memorabilia from the many Nashville and local entertainers. If you like to solve puzzles, we’ve incorporated one into
There is Tammy Wynette’s $10,000 sequined dress, Kenny Rogers’ famous our tour. Each geocache site contains a three-letter code.
white suit, Ernest Tubbs suit, Jeannie C. Riley’s dress, Jack Greene’s suit Visit all 20 sites, record all the code letters, decipher the
and more, as well as memorabilia from local NYS musicians and singers. correct message, and claim your prize at our office!
We hope you’ll explore Cortland County, have some fun,
NYS COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME learn a bit of history, and enjoy the great outdoors. Grab
1824 NY-13, Cortland • (607) 334-8109 your favorite GPS-enabled device, print a map from our
www.cortlandmusicpark.org/nys-country-fall-of-fame
website, and get started on your geocaching adventure!

CORTLAND HOLD YOUR CAMERA PHONE
UP TO THE QR CODE
RURAL CEMETERY Print a Geo-Caching map!
Established in 1853, this open-air
museum is a beautiful 19th-century
Victorian garden cemetery that sits
on 50 acres and is the final resting Start your unconventional
adventure in Cortland County
place for 18,000 people.
A fine example of the rural cemetery (as a solution to the problem Explore Cortland County’s
weird and magical past, and
of overcrowding urban cemeteries), the Cortland Rural Cemetery
get to know many of its larger-
is a carefully-planned garden cemetery with a deliberate focus on
than-life historical characters
architectural and landscape design. Walk the cemetery with an
interactive “cemetrail tour” and admire the beauty of the headstones and the along fascinating stops that will
take you through all things unusual
diverse species of trees to discover those who helped shaped Cortland history. in our little corner of New York. Plan your strange trip
Visitors may see the graves of the last Upstate Governor of New York, back in time:
Nathan Miller; the graves of veterans of all American wars, including that • The Wickwire Legacy
of Brigadier-General Joseph Reynolds, who served in the War of 1812 and • The Sautelle Circus Spectacle
Colonel Andrew J. Grover, who died at Gettysburg; and the grave of
Dr. Julia Spalding, who arrived in Cortland in 1883 as one of the nation’s • Boneyards & Burial Grounds
earliest women doctors. • Wild Women of Cortland County
And so much more!
THE CORTLAND RURAL CEMETERY
110 Tompkins Street, Cortland • (607) 756-6022
www.cortland-rural-cemetery.com HOLD YOUR CAMERA PHONE
UP TO THE QR CODE
Stay Curious, travelers!
Learn more about
Cortland’s curiosities!
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