WSQ 22 SCC Birnamwood Forest Multi-Cache
Hidden : 10/10/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a CEMETERY cache hide. Please be discreet and respectful. Also, take some time to share your experiences in your log.

This cache will take you to the well-maintained and picturesque Forest Cemetery in Birnamwood.

Here is some interesting history off the cemetery, thanks to WI GenWeb:

"...The village fathers agreed that a cemetery was necessary. They purchased an acre of land from the late Tim Packard a half mile from the town. The land was marked for lots and dedicated late that year or early in 1896. Some of the dead were removed form the private graves and transferred to the new cemetery. Their graves marked with marble or granite headstones.

The oldest headstone in Forest Cemetery marks the grave of Hattie Dobbert, who died in 1881 at the age of two. The late Sam Hunter, Civil Was veteran and pioneer settler told the story of her death.

The Hunter family came to the Town of Plover in the summer of 1883 and that winter Mr. Hunter worked on a logging project at the Eau Claire Dells.

He walked form the camp to his home every Saturday night and back again on Sunday. One Saturday night as he passed the Dobbert home, later the Gerit Bultman farm on Highway N, Mrs. Dobbert called to him for help. Her daughter was very ill. The nearest doctor was at Wausau, but Mr. Hunter turned around and walked to Wausau, arriving about midnight. He located a doctor and they started out over the dark hills in the doctor’s cutter. They reached the Dobbert farm sometime Sunday afternoon, too late, the child had died. The doctor said of diphtheria.

Mrs. Dobbert prepared the body for burial and Sam Hunter read the Twenty-third Psalm from her Bible, and they both repeated the Lord’s Prayer, before the child was buried deep in the snow on the farm. A wooden box served as a coffin.

The area around the cemetery was wooded. The acre was still uncleared of trees. It was named Forest Cemetery. Since that time more land has been added to cover several acres. Flower gardens have been made, water provided and a sexton employed to keep the grass moved and the graves clear of withered flowers.

There was a time when raspberry bushes grew in the cemetery and the grass was cut with a scythe. It is now like a beautiful park, a peaceful place of beauty and well kept grounds."

The posted coordinates will take you to a unique monument in the cemetery--a very large stone urn.

On this stone is inscribed the details for John and Gwen. What is their last name? Count up the numbers and let that number = X. Let the numbers in the year of John's death = ABCD.

The final cache is a small camoed container and is located at:

N 44 55.(X)(D-A)(D)
W 89 11.(X)(B)(D-A).

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 between the two represents the location of the cemetery on a master map, which you can find by clicking HERE. The name after SCC is the name of the Township, then comes the name of the cemetery.

There are 99 cemeteries in Shawano County, and nearly all now have geocaches in them, bringing new visitors to these places to remember those who have gone before us. You just might find a long-lost relative or two.

These caches are designed to be easy to find, are usually a container and log only, and focus on “forgotten,” 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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