!! 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 who 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 who 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, Grand High Pobah, Boborr
80909,Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er,
MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, LadyCoots, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man,
*Sparky*, TwoCs, Outdrlvr201, Condor1, 2Cachedivers, arthurat,
smilz787, Kyotmoon and Mountain Roamer.
New
Clan members are always Welcome
* * * * * * * *
Sligo Cemetery is one of the many small cemeteries that can be
found on the Pawnee Grasslands. This isolated cemetery is between
Keota and Grover.
Unfortunately, I arrived at this cemetery as it was getting dark so
I didn’t get any good pictures. I’ll update this
listing as I get more pictures and information.
I could find very little information on the internet about this
cemetery. The oldest grave in this cemetery is believed to be that
of Mack W. Ball, Age 14 months, who died in October 1888. The next
person was not buried until 1911. I wonder what happened and why
there are no graves between those dates?
You do not have to enter the cemetery to retrieve this cache. There
aren’t many places to hide a cache on the grasslands, so this
one won’t be too difficult to find. Hopefully, the wind
won’t blow it away!
The cache container is small and can hold a log book and small
trade items, geocoins or travel bugs. However, there wasn’t
room for a pen/pencil, so you’ll need something to sign the
log.
Please post your pictures so we can see what the cemetery looks
like in the daylight. Thanks!