WSQ 57 SCC Maple Grove Owego Lutheran Traditional Cache
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WSQ 57 SCC Maple Grove Owego Lutheran
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You will find no identifying marker for this classic country
cemetery, but it is the Owego Lutheran Cemetery. Owego Lutheran
Church had been located in the Town of Lessor, Shawano County.
Owego dissolved in the 1940s or 50s, and a portion of the
congregation joined Our Savior's Lutheran. For that reason, you
will note that most of the burials in this cemetery ceased not long
after the church dissolved, with the exception of a few individuals
who, we presume, had arranged their plats beforehand.
There are many rural cemeteries in Wisconsin. Geocaching is a great
way to get out and see some of these remote places, discover some
interesting and unique markers, and to help ensure that those that
have gone before us are not forgotten. With cemetery caches, the
cache container is not hidden on or connected in any way to any
grave site or marker. Occasionally, some information from a marker
may be used to obtain final cache coordinates. Please be respectful
of the cemetery and anyone visiting it.
About the WSQ-SCC Series WSQ stands for "Wisconsin Spirit
Quest, which is used by many Wisconsin cemetery cache owners. SCC
stands for Shawano County Cemeteries, and the number relates to the
number on a master cemetery map. The name after SCC is the name of
the Township.
As we travelled around Shawano County while Geocaching, we would
occasionally come across “lonely and forgotten”
cemeteries. These are places that were once affiliated with a
church that has long since dissolved, formerly private cemeteries
that have fallen to community ownership, and other places that time
seems to be passing by.
As we looked into these places, we discovered that in fact there
are at least 115 cemeteries in Shawano County, and 99 of them are
publicly accessible and/or publicly owned. It is our intention to
bring new visitors to as many of these places as possible and
remember those who have gone before us. You just might find a
long-lost relative or two.
Therefore, these caches are designed to be easy to find, generally
consist of a container and log only, and focus on out-of-the-way,
rural cemeteries. Also, any multi-stage caches are designed to
bring you to special features of a particular cemetery.
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