GC39YT4 Indiana Spirit Quest #352 Hilldale Cemetery Reborn (Traditional Cache) in Indiana, United States created by jcurtis55 and Bean Blossom Gang

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Hidden : 12/30/2011

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“INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST”

The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just a year and a half, the quest has grown to over three hundred caches hidden in twenty-seven Indiana counties, and two Ohio counties, and the hiders have grown to twelve cacher teams, most of which of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans. Over 600 cacher teams have logged over 7,000 finds.

INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #352

"Hilldale Cemetery"

Hilldale Cemetery is located in Martinsville, Indiana within Washington Township of Morgan County. This cemetery is one of the oldest in the area and contains graves dating prior to 1868.

Of particular note is a large monument dedicated "In Memory of the Unknown Dead of Morgan County" at the bottom are the initials G. A. R. This monument to the Morgan County Civil War soldiers of the "Grand Army of the Republic", is located just southeast of a large grouping of Civil War graves. This area has about 20 Civil War markers and likely had many more at the time this area was estabished.

Final Resting Place of Former Indiana Governor Emmett Forrest Branch (May. 16, 1874 - Feb. 23, 1932)Member of Indiana state house of representatives,1903-09;Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1921-24; 31st Governor of Indiana,April 30, 1924-January 12,1925.

The name Bobby Helms may not ring a bell, but you almost assuredly have heard some of his music. He is best known for his hit song, "Jingle Bell Rock", which is still heard every Christmas season. "Jingle Bell Rock" was just one of 3 hits Helms had in 1957, the other two being "Fraulien" and "My Special Angel". They were # 1, 2 and 7 on the charts at the same time.

Helms was born in Bloomington, and was doing a country music radio show by the time he was 9 years old. Despite his success in Nashville and a busy touring schedule, he lived in central Indiana for most of his life, and was living just outside Martinsville when he died in 1997. He is also a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

To see his grave, just drive 200' or so south of the cache location and look to your right.

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The cache container is a PEANUT BUTTER JAR. BYOP. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash out.

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