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Indiana Spirit Quest #550 Ephlin Cemetery Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Reviewer Hilts: Since the cache owner has not responded to the e-mail regarding the removal of the wording/logos that Groundspeak considers an agenda, I am archiving the cache.

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Hidden : 1/5/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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“INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST”
Parke County's FIRST


The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries and historic sites built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just over two years, the quest has grown to five hundred caches hidden in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan and Ontario and the hiders have grown to THIRTY cacher teams, most of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans. Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged over 20,500 finds. .

 

 
Photos by Cowboy

INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #550

"Ephlin Cemetery"

This is Parke County'sFIRST OFFICIAL Indiana Spirit Quest.  Look for others coming soon.

This quest will bring you to Ephlin Cemetery in Liberty Township of Parke County near Tangier.  I have been looking at this cemetery for a while and felt it was an excellent location for an Indiana Spirit Quest.  The actual location of the cemetery makes it somewhat unique since it is located high on a ridge overlooking the county roads below.  This is somewhat of a smaller cemetery and has some really old markers dating back to the early 1800's.  

From the Parke County records there appears to be 15 veterans buried in this cemetery; 9 veterans from the Civil War, 3 veterans from World War II, 1 Korea War veteran, and 1 Vietnam War veteran.  

Here are some of the markers located in the cemetery:


FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE!!


The cache container is A 2QT Lock & Lock. You MUST sign the log to claim a Smilie. If you cache at night, or don't sign the log, or reveal the additional hint in your log, or don't fulfill any additional requirements, your find log will be deleted without notice...If you think these terms to be unfair, don't bother to hunt this cache. The cache is not located near a grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in the ground. As always, please be respectful of our pioneer dead and our beloved Veterans, and cache in, trash out. Say a prayer for our brave troops, fighting for Freedom 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, ~Mystery Dog~, Team Tigger International, bbSurveyors, Dover Duo, Los Xile, Prairie Partners, WilliamsFamGC, Bean Blossom Gang, Team Itchy & Scratchy, Wishbone 86, krisNjoe, Mel Gibson, Bikinibottomfeeders, Awsome Ev, 501 Gang, Lord Elwood, Doobies, Che K., Indgeodog, jcurtis55, Cowboy, et al. If you are interested in spreading the Quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email SixDogTeam.

*Grand Exalted Order of the Indiana Spirit Quest

** THIS IS A GENUINE INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST CACHE-- ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES**

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Happy Hunting!!

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