“Michigan Spirit Quest”
The Michigan Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by MICHIGAN Pioneers. This series is inspired by and a
continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by
SixDogTeam. In just over two and a half years, the SPIRIT QUEST has
grown to over five hundred and fifty caches and the hiders have
grown to twenty-five cacher teams, most of which are comprised of
Dogs and their Humans. Over 1,000
cachers have logged over 20,000 finds. One cache machine found 102
ISQ caches in a single day (daylight hours
only).
(Photos by Wolverine Warriors)
Michigan
Spirit Quest #1
"Robin
Hood of the 1800's"
WELCOME TO Mundy
Cemetery in Kinderhook, Branch county, Michigan. Mundy Cemetery is
the final resting place of Silas Doty the most noted thief and
burglar of his time. He was a leader of a gang of counterfeiters,
horse thieves and burglars of the New England, Middle and Western
states. Considering his lifetime of crime, he spent little time in
jail. Born in Vermont in 1800, he lived in Hillsdale and Lenawee
Counties in Michigan, where he brought up his family. Silas was an
expert mechanic and tool maker. For example, he would make
handcuffs, sell them to a sheriff, and keep a duplicate key for
himself. He was a noted horse thief. By day he was a farmer, by
night a famous rider. He would wait until after midnight, open a
locked stable, pick the best and fastest horse, lead it out, relock
the gate and ride away. It is said that he often stole from the
rich and gave to the poor. During the Mexican War, Doty led a gang
of thieves who changed into civilian clothes at night and plundered
the countryside. It is said that they also freely exchanged
American and Mexican Military Uniforms. There is a rather handsome
Doty Monument. Next to it is an old marble marker with the name
Sophia Doty, wife of Silas Doty. On the other side is a small
marble tomstone about the size of a book. It simply says S.D.,
1890. It seems logical that this is Silas
Doty.
Silas
Doty
FIND
LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED
WITHOUT NOTICE!
The cache container
is Camoed Bison Tube. BYOP. The cache is not located near
a grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back
in the ground or replace it. As always, please be respectful,
and cache in, trash out. Say a prayer for our brave troops,
fighting overseas. God Bless America!
MSQ caches
are brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOMSQ: SixDogTeam (Earthdog Patrick, Lead
Dog, Wheel Dog), Wolverine Warriors, The Outcaches and
SafariBob&Tweety. If you are interested in spreading the Quest
to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email
Wolverine Warriors.
*Grand Exalted Order of
the Michigan Spirit
Quest*
