WSQ 114 SCC Wittenberg Whitcomb Traditional Cache
WSQ 114 SCC Wittenberg Whitcomb
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Here's a cemetery cache where you don't even have to go to a
cemetery. You are looking for a bison tube.
Like many frontier towns, Whitcomb was once a thriving place, with
a hotel and saw mill owned by A. W. Whitcomb. And like many
frontier towns, time and technology passed the place by, and little
of its former self remains.
There was a burial at the site of the Whitcomb hotel, in section 36
of Wittenberg township. This little roadside stop commemorates
Whitcomb and is reasonably close to the old hotel site. The
gravesite itself is not publicly accessible.
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.
Numbers over 100 are not on this map but are part of the Shawano
Family History Center records. 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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