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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. .
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INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#551
"Seceder Cemetery"
This quest will bring you to Seceder
Cemetery in Wabash Township of Parke County near Portland
Mills. This is a very old cemetery that contains graves
dating back to the early 1800's. The cemetery is somewhat
sectioned off with the older part of the cemetery known as Seceder
Cemetery and the newer part known as Portland Mills Cemetery.
I didn't spend much time in the newer section but I did observe
several World War II markers.
From the records I could find on the
cemetery there appears to be 42 veterans from 7 different wars
buried in this cemetery; 2 veterans from the Revolutionary War, 1
veteran from the War of 1812, 23 veterans from the Civil War, 1
veteran from the Mexican-American War, 3 veterans from WW I, 10
veterans from WW II, and 2 veterans from the Vietnam
War.
Here are some of the markers located in the
cemetery:
Revolutionary War Veteran
John Burnside
N 39° 47.159' W 087°
01.241' |
Revolutionary War Veteran
Samusl Hazlett
N 39° 47.156' W 087°
01.256' |
War of 1812 Veteran
Samuel R.
Hamilton |
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!
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