WSQ 30 SCC Grant Greenleaf-Marion Multi-Cache
WSQ 30 SCC Grant Greenleaf-Marion
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Greenleaf Cemetery originated in Shawano and Waupaca Counties in
the village of Marion. The oldest date of internment that can be
found is 1878. Today, the cemetery consists of many sections that
have been added over time. The county line runs through the
cemetery, and the cache is placed on the Shawano side. It's an
in-town cemetery that's well maintained, so it does not really meet
our "lonely and forgotten" criteria, but it's a nice place to visit
nonetheless.
The posted coordinates will bring to you the cemetery sign, as
pictured. On the back of this sign you will find lots of
information about Greenleaf Cemetery. Use this information to
obtain the missing numbers and find the cache.
Greenleaf Cemetery consists of how many additions according to the
sign? This number = A.
In 1948, the Greenleaf Cemetery Association purchased additional
property for the cemetery from the Marion Airport. This seventh
addition to the cemetery has a certain number of gravesites. Take
this number and switch the last two numbers to get XYZ. In other
words, if the seventh addition has 286 gravesites, XYZ = 268.
The cache is located at:
44 40.A15
88 53.XYZ
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, then
comes the name of the cemetery.
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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