Indiana Spirit Quest #704 The German Community Traditional Cache
Hidden : 7/2/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST



 The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries and historic sites built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just over three years, the quest has grown to over six hundred caches hidden in Colorado, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, and Ontario and the hiders have grown to THIRTY cacher teams, most of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans.

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Photos by jcurtis55





"The German Community"


Now know at Concordia Cemetery, it was actually founded on 10 acres in May of 1870 as the Lutheran Cemetery. The cemetery was created by the board of trustees for the St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church. It started with 550 plots and has obviously grown over time. The original section of the cemetery appears to be at the north end of the cemetery you where you will see many German names and even most of the inscriptions are in German. Many of the internees were business and community leaders as can be seen from the many impressive headstones and statues.

Family Grocer



I have discovered information that show W F Resener and J F Resener founded a family grocery store in 1866 at the corner of East Street and Locerbie. They were said to stock both staple and fancy goods, including teas, coffee, spices, fruits and canned goods. There was a back room where they kept baled hay, straw and heavy merchandise. They also had a wagon and offered free delivery anywhere in the city. Obviously, it was a smaller city, but that's still service you don't see today.




Real Estate Magnate



This monument may be the finest in the cemetery. William F Piel Sr. founded the Union Starch Company in 1867. The initial factory burned down but was rebuilt by 1872. The entire family ended up in the business and in 1900 his sons founded the Piel Brothers Starch Company. That company became National Starch Company that still exists off Raymond Street. It was puchased in 1939 by National Adhesive, but the parent company retained the National Starch Name. Today it is the National Starch and Chemical Company.

William Senior owned enough real estate that his descendents formed a corporation to manage his holdings after his death. According to an article in the Indianapolis Star in 1913, the corporation was capitalized for $420,700. His holdings included several business blocks and other real estate.



The Lutheran Reverand




I've found a record showing a Pator M Tirmenstein conducting the installation of a new pastor at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Indianapolis in 1915. I feel pretty comfortable that this is the same Pastor Martin Tirmenstein whose grave we see here. It would be interesting to know if Reverend Tirmenstein was a leader in the church when the cemetery was founded in 1870.

Civil War Veteran



This was the only Civil War marker I discovered while driving through the cemetery. While there were well known German units that participated for the Union in the American Civil War, the Indianapolis German community either did not have a lot of veterans or their headstones did not record their military service.

The 132nd Indiana regiment only existed from May 1864 until September 1864. They saw no combat but served as railroad guards in Tennessee and Alabama. Henry Keil's marker has been damaged, likely by a lawn mower.

FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE!!






The cache container is a medium peanut butter jar. You must sign the log to claim a Smilie.

If you cache at night, or don't sign the log, or reveal the additional hint in your log, or don't fulfill any additional requirements, your find log will be deleted without notice...If you think these terms to be unfair, don't bother to hunt this cache. The cache is not located near a grave...

If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in the ground. As always, please be respectful of our pioneer dead and, and cache in, trash out.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qnzntrq gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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