INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST
Photos by
Rupert2
The
Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number
of historic cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just over a
year and a half, the quest has grown to over three hundred caches
hidden in twenty-six Indiana counties, and the hiders consist of
several cacher teams, which are comprised of A Man and His Dog...
and one who is a Dog and her Woman. Over 600 cacher teams have
logged over 7,000 finds.
INDIANA
SPIRIT QUEST #279
”Spanning
Two Centuries"
Welcome to the
Hancock County Vietnam War Memorial, Center Township, Hancock
County just south of Greenfield on SR 9. This memorial is in a
small and very well kept park with access via a asphalt driveway
complete with parking for up to two vehicles. A well lit set of
flags leads to the memorial under a canope of small trees lined
with American Flags. The memorial lists the names of all those from
Hancock County who sacrificed their lives for their country in
Vietnam. Thanks to Muirwoody for pointing out this fantastic site
and providing the historical details of the single grave located
here.
Pictured is the grave of "William Hatton: The only Revolutionary
War veteran whose burial in Hancock county is documented. He
enlisted in Virginia as a Private in Cpt. Churchill Jones' Company
in Col. William Washington's Third Calvary Regiment. He served two
years and was wounded in the leg at the battle of Bacon's Bridge in
S. Carolina. His grave was moved from another site in Jackson
Township, Hancock County in 1976 to coincide with the Bicentennial
celebrations. The little plot is called Revolutionary Park
The cache container is a camouflaged
pharmaceutical pill bottle Please leave it at least as well
concealed, if not better, than you found it. If you find fallen or
worn US flags at the graves of veterans, please take a moment to
upright or replace them. Dispose of worn US flags in a respectable
manner. If you find the coordinates to be a little
off, do not hesitate to post a waypoint with your
log.
WARNING: FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT
CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
"Indiana Spirit Quest" is brought to
you by the following fellows of GEOISQ*: The SixDogTeam, Kodiak
Kid, THE SHADOW, Team Shydog, Rupert2, Torry, ~Mystery Dog~, Team
Tigger International, Cache Commando, bbsurveyors and
DoverDuo."
