Indiana Spirit Quest #578 - Short Timers Traditional Cache

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Hoosier_Reviewer: Since there has been no response to my previous note, I am archiving the cache.

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Hidden : 9/14/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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“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 12,000 finds. One of many cache machines found 102 ISQ caches in a single day (daylight hours only).


(Photos by ClayC)
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #578

"Short Timers"

This quest will take you to Wood Cemetery located about 2 miles south of the Vigo County border, just off of Atherton Road next to Cox Ditch. The cemetery is located within Otter Creek Township. Amazingly enough this cemetery is well kept, even though I'm sure very few people even know of its existence. Unfortunately some of the markers have seen better days, but the majority of them are still in decent, readable condition.

Parking: There appears to be a lane between Cox Ditch and the adjacent field, BUT in order to keep the area nice, please park at the listed parking coordinates, which is a small spot with plenty of room to get off the road next to the bridge guard rails.

Charles Faith, Civil War, 53 Indiana Infantry Regiment

Charles Faith was born in Terre Haute some where around 1843 -> 1846. He enlisted with the Union Army, in the 53rd Indiana Infantry Regiment as a Private on March 31, 1865, and was mustered out with the unit at the end of the Civil War on July 21, 1865 in Louisville, KY. After that he came back to this area and and started his life as a farmer. Later that year he married Keziah Fenton on December 21, 1865. She latter passed away sometime between then and 1880. Charles Faith then passed away sometime between 1880 and 1900. The records are unclear as to the actual dates.

James Monroe Stafford, Civil War, 149th Indiana Infantry Regiment

James Monroe Stafford was born in North Carolina in the year 1836. As a young boy he traveled with his parents to Indiana and settled in northern Vigo County. He enlisted with the Union Army, in the 149th Indiana Infantry Regiment as a Private on February 22, 1865, and was mustered out with the unit at the end of the Civil War on July 13, 1865 in Nashville, TN. Upon completion of his duty he returned to northern Vigo County where he and his wife Francis were married. Stafford made his living as a farmer, and his wife as a homemaker, and they had one child, a girl named Mary Stafford. He lived in the area until his death on July 20, 1909.

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


The cache container is now a decon with nothing but a log book, pen, and a geocard, located along the edge of the cemetery. Thanks!!

Local area cachers, be sure to check out the Wabash Valley Geocachers forum here: Wabash Valley Geocachers

You MUST sign the log to claim a Smilie. If you: cache at night, don't sign the log, reveal additional hints 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 and cache in, trash out.

"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, ICQ Cache Crew, ClayC, et al. 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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** THIS IS A GENUINE INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST CACHE-- ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES**

Happy Hunting!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g or ba gur srapr nobhg vg! Vyy xrrc lbh cbfgrq.

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)


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