The SQ in the cache name above signifies Spirit Quest, a project
to distinguish those caches that are set in cemeteries or memorial
gardens. This is a good distinction to put on this type of cache
and would like to see it used here in Michigan. Please be
respectful of the area, and observe their rules and posted hours,
Only visit cemeteries dawn to dusk through out the state unless
other hours are posted, so that we do not end up like other states
that do not allow any caches placed in any cemeteries!
1960 – This is the year The Rumbles of Team Rumble were
born!
Also this year in history the world lost a young upstart Rockabilly
star in Eddie Cochran. Born in Albert Lee, Minnesota October 3,
1938, and as a young teen moved with has family to California and
that is where he played in his High School band. By 1955 he had
taught himself to play guitar, and styled himself to play blues and
rock which became the rockabilly he was known for. He had several
hits which included ones most would know like C’mon Everybody
and Summertime Blues.
Sadly he died in a 1 car wreck on April 16, 1960. He had finished a
show in Wiltshire, England when a taxi was taking him back to his
hotel when it lost control and hit lamp post, Cochran went through
the windshield which caused injuries that took his life some 4
hours later.
Side stories would be that along with Cochran in the car that night
was famed rocker Gene Vincent, who survived the wreck. After the
wreck Cochran’s famed Gretsch guitar was impounded and stayed
with the police for sometime. While in impound officer Dave Dee
self taught himself on this guitar and went on with a band in
England from 1964 to 1972. Another story of this guitar was that
Marc Bolan of T-Rex carried this guitar early in Eddie
Cochran’s tour of the UK. Marc Bolan went on to big fame
around the world before also dying in a car wreck as well in 1977,
London, England. Bolan was also a passenger in his wreck.
The MLT is Michigan Lost Towns. Here is a short history
from:
www.macombcountymi.gov/historicalcommission/historytales.htm
Preston Corners/Prestonville - In 1826, 400 acres of government
land in Shelby Township was purchased by Ira and Deborah Preston of
New York. They settled on the land in 1827 and built a sawmill
(reputedly the first in Macomb County) and later a picket fence
factory. The sawmill operated for forty years until the late
1870’s. There was also a Prestonville School. In 1881, the
Prestonville School had an enrollment of 64 students. The school
closed in 1954 and was converted to a private residence. Preston
was located at 25 Mile and Schoenherr Rd. There is a Prestonville
Cemetery in Shelby Township at 25 Mile in “Section 2.”
A bronze plate was erected marking Preston Corners in 1926.
Quinn-On December 10, 1869 Theodore Kath became the first
postmaster for this rural post office located in Clinton Township
on Gratiot past 16 Mile. The post office operated until September
15, 1873. The organization of the 12th Michigan Infantry was begun
under Col. Francis Quinn at Niles in Sept. 1861. The Quinns built a
new brick house on Gratiot in 1881.
Be sure to check out other MLT caches at
www.losttownscacheseries.com
To find the cache here you will be making 3 stops.
At the posted co-ords you will find the headstone of William
Preston. Here you will be projecting, true north, to the next
stage. Using the years William live, flip the number of years
(example 98 becomes 89) and add that number to 200 and now you have
how many feet to travel.
Next add the years lived to the months lived, now use your answer
by subtracting it from 300, now you have the degrees you will
travel in.
Stage 2 you have now found the headstone of Saraha and Levi. Here
you will be projecting, true north, to the final cache. Using the
value of the letters, now add all letters in the last name together
but omit the 2nd letter, now add 200 to the amount of feet you will
need to travel.
Next take the 4th and 6th letter value in the last name and add tem
together. Now add 300 to that number to find the bearing you will
need to travel to find the final container.