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WSQ Oakwood Cemetery Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 6/1/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

WSQ - Oakwood Cemetery

The WSQ indicates that this is a cemetery cache:Wisconsin Spirit Quest. This acronym is used by cache owners in the state to identify cemetery caches.

This pop bottle cap cache is located in a small Kenosha County cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery, but not near any grave markers. The cache container is not located in contact with any gravestones, monuments or other memorials. Please respect the area and while you are there, pay your respects to our departed.

There are many war veterans buried here, just a few examples are:(not a complete list)

War of 1812 veteran:
Charles Leet

Civil War veterans:
Isaac T. Bishop
John Bradley
E.H. Bush
Peter Bushman
LaFayette Cook
Isaac N. Felch
James H. Fink
James P. Gardiner
George F. Leet
Henry Lytl
Dewitt Newman
Clement Newman
Cyrus Talcott

World War I veterans:
Raymond Bush
Floyd Fink
Sergt. M.A. Gould
Harold Floyd Swartz (Pancho Villa Expedition)
Glenn Morgan (not a Kenosha native)

The tree I originally hid this cache in was taken down, and the brush I hid it in next was cleared. I decided the trees I hid them in next would be safe, hopefully for a long time.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va rireterra gerr ng rnfg rqtr bs nern. Rlr yriry be n ovg uvture.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)