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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In Michigan, United States

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This cache is located on the Quinnesec United Methodist Church (QUMC) five-acre property (with permission). The area contains some thorny brush, but you probably can get through scratch free if careful. I wasn't when I scouted the site~Ouch!

Quinnesec is a Native American name meaning "Smoking Waters." QUMC was organized in February of 1880. The church building is the oldest in Dickinson and Iron Counties and was moved to its current location in 1976. It was registered with the Michigan State Register of Historic Sites in 1977. Originally located on US2, the congregation had to park on the other side of the highway and walk across for worship. The location became dangerous when the highway was expanded to 5 lanes and the speed limit changed to 55 mph.

You can read a more detailed church history and additional information on the town of Quinnesec in a program used for the 120 Year Celebration held on September 3, 2000 (Please leave the program for future cachers).

Cache is an plastic container and originally contained the church history, church postcard, "finders" flowers, marshmallow (not real) hula figure, tissue travel packs, sticky sortable cards, a flag, some novelty key chains and pens, logbook and pencil, and a FTF item.

Be sure to visit the outdoor chapel, located at N 45° 47.990 W 087° 59.785.

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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)

Fghzc bs n jvaq oybja gerr. (Decrypted Hints)

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Church Building Still on US2

From the Quinnesec Michigan Centennial 1876-1976, published 1976. Discovered this photo while researching another cache (GC1DKBJ).
Church Members in 1955 (75th Anniversary)

From the Quinnesec Michigan Centennial 1876-1976, published 1976. Discovered this photo while researching another cache (GC1DKBJ).
QUMC

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Cache Logs

November 8 by Sharkfam (45 found) Did not find. [view this log]

October 20 by Stumbling Squad (4 found) had a fun time looking it! [view this log]

September 13 by wis backpacker (371 found) TFTC A nice day. [view this log]

September 12 by McFarland (107 found) Found this with whole clan. Church bulletin was informative. Thanks. TNLN SL [view this log]

September 8 by Ddaisy (1602 found) Of course, we came in from the wrong side, but we certainly left from right side. Thanks for the hunt! Ddaisy Lou, Ky [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 10:11:55 AM
Last Updated: 11/9/2009 1:29:17 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum