“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 two years, the quest has grown
to over four hundred fifty caches hidden in Indiana, as well as
Ohio and Michigan, and the hiders have grown to over twenty-five
cacher teams, most of which of which are comprised of Dogs and
their Humans. Over 1,000 cacher teams have
logged over 12,800 finds. One of many cache machines found 102 ISQ
caches in a single day (daylight hours only).
(Photos by Joypa)
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#451
"Hickory
Grove"
This family burial
ground, known as Hickory Grove Cemetery, saw about 60 burials
between 1829 and 1917. Neglect, tree roots and crashing cars caused
serious damage to about 70% of the markers. Until last fall, it was
so overgrown you could not tell it was a cemetery. An eight-day
restoration was completed in early March of 2006 with stones
leveled, cleaned and pieced together. Everybody buried in the small
cemetery is either a Taylor or is related to one. Union Township
used to have a small town called Taylor Station, which derived its
name from the Taylors. The graveyard contains a Civil War soldier
named Milton Hawkins, a member of the 72nd Indiana Wilder's
Brigade. His stone is next to the stone that marks his wife's
grave. An application has been filed to get a government-issue
veteran's tombstone.
Milton Hawkins Stone
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING
WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
The cache container is
a 35mm film container. BYOP. .The cache is not located
near a grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it
back in the ground. You must sign the cache log to claim a
find. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash
out. Say a prayer for our brave troops, fighting overseas. God
Bless America!
"Indiana Spirit
Quest" is brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOISQ*: SixDogTeam (Earthdog Patrick,
Lead Dog, Wheel Dog) , Kodiak Kid, *The Shadow*, Team Shydog,
Rupert2, Torry, ~Mystery Dog~, Team Tigger International,
bbsurveyors, DoverDuo, -{LoS}-Xile, Prairiepartners,
WilliamsFamGC, Team Itchy & Scratchy, Bean Blossom Gang,
Wishbone86, krisNjoe , bikinibottomfeeders, 501 Gang , Awsome
Ev , Lord Elwood Donsdi and Joypa. If you are interested in
spreading the Quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE
TO JOIN US, email SixDogTeam.
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