!! Exciting New Cache Series!!
"COLORADO SPIRIT
QUEST"
The Colorado
Spirit Quest is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near
cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the
many pioneer ancestors that have 'walked' before us.
There are hundreds of
cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across
Colorado. This series will introduce you to many of
them.
The cache
pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and
tombstones.
COLORADO
SPIRIT QUEST is not affiliated with any other 'Spirit Quest'
group. Special thanks and credit are given to SixDogTeam who
started the Indiana Spirit Quest in 2004. The idea has rapidly
spread into many states.
The CSQ
endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It cannot be
accomplished by just one or two people. This project will
only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers
willing to place these caches.
After
locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the
lives of those pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado
such a great state.
If you are interested in
joining the "Walking Through History Clan" contact may be made by
sending an e-mail to the owner of "Colorado Spirit Quest #1 -
Mountain
Passage". Use the 'Send Message" link at the center of the
page of their profile.
Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its
maintenance.
REMEMBER:
If
you are APPREHENSIVE about cemeteries - AVOID this
series.
Thanks to
Clan Members: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team
Boogity3, and Grand High Pobah, CDirtO, FulComers, and Boborr
80909. New Clan members are always Welcome
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The cache is a diabetes test strip container. It's about a .25 mile
walk from the Matthews/Winters parking lot. Please stay on the
trail, and follow the trail through the picnic area and across the
stream. The cemetery is on the right side of the trail and is
unmarked. There is no note of the cemetery being located in the
park on the sign at the entrance, maps or website. The entrance
sign does describe Mount Vernon, and how this was supposed to be a
very large planned pioneer community. The cemetery itself is
comprised of five grave markers enclosed inside a split rail fence.
There is another a few yards southwest surrounded by another small
fence. Two of the markers are stone. The oldest legible grave is
that of James H. Judy who died September 8th, 1867 - aged 21 years
8 month 15 days. The rest of the markers are wooden.