The search for a one hundred year old relic from Lyndon's past is back on.

July 4^th, 1891 marked Lyndon's first centennial celebration. To memorialize the date, townspeople decided to bury a time capsule with documents from the event. Today it has still not been found. Richard Boera, Lyndon Historical Society said, "In the papers after the event there is no mention of the box. We theorized that yes it existed but nobody knows where it is. They probably did not bury it, they probably put it back in the Town Clerk's Office."

The original search for the capsule took place in 1991 and lead Boera and others to dead ends at the old Town Clerks office and Lyndon Institute. With no new leads, they turned to a psychic for help. Boera stated that the psychic saw a triangular window.  That's all that he could conjure up, which seemed to be a good lead.

This lead directed them towards Lyndon's Town House. Boera said "And we climbed up there, looked up and down and couldn't find a thing. So that was the last lead we ever had.

Twenty years have passed now, and a new generation has taken up the search. Brett Pokines, Lyndon Institute Senior says he will, "Probably start around the Town House because that's the most prominent location. It's a keystone I can work off of and work from there and see where it gets me."

Lyndon During 1850's

In the late 1850's the Town House stood as a two-story building and since that time the grounds around it have changed drastically, making Brett's research a little but more challenging.  "I am going to be using a grid system for the time capsule and hopefully it works better then the other methods."

Whether or not the capsule is found. Boera said, "Its just curiosity. People love to have scavenger hunts of any kind and the major scavenger hunt for this town. I think it would be pretty exciting to find it."

A new capsule was buried in 1991 for the town's second centennial celebration. This time being will documented to insure the preserved artifacts could be found in the future.