Michigan Spirit Quest #68 - "As The Kroh Flies" Traditional Cache
Hidden : 5/25/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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“Michigan Spirit Quest”

The Michigan Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by MICHIGAN Pioneers. This series is inspired by and is a continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by SixDogTeam. In just over four years, the SPIRIT QUEST has grown to over seven hundred caches and the hiders have grown to fifty cacher teams in 5 states and one province, most of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans. Over 1,000 cachers have logged over 20,000 finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ caches in a single day (daylight hours only).





Michigan Spirit Quest #68

"As The Kroh Flies"

Maple Grove Cemetery, Jefferson Twp., Hillsdale County MI




Daniel B. Kroh, proprietor of the South Jefferson Steam Evaporating Works, established in 1884, is familiarly known throughout this township and vicinity as one of its most enterprising men. He was born in Seneca County, Ohio Feb. 26, 1832. he was the 6th child of Jacob and Sarah (Tice) Kroh, who were natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and of German ancestry. After growing up working on his father's farm, at 24 he started out for himself and married Hannah L. Shepard. March 13, 1856.

They lived on the home farm about one year, then moved to Wyandot County, where he purchased 40 acres of land. After farming for 4 years he moved to Hillsdale County, Michigan in1861. He had previously purchased 79 acres of land in Jefferson Township. His farm grew to 120 acres. It was there he created his South Jefferson Steam Evaporating Works.



A well eight feet deep supplies all the water for his evaporating works, while an artesian well eleven feet deep, near the dwelling, was used for the cooling of milk. Another nearby well , and 16 feet deep, supplied an abundance of water for his live stock. He made a specialty of full-blooded ChesterWhite hogs.

The evaporating works were used principally for the preservation of fruit, although he is prepared to handle sugar water, and by the same power-the boiler 40-horse power and the engine 20-is also equipped for the sawing of fence slats, to the number of 4,000 per day. In their fruit operations they dispose of 35 bushels of apples, pared and cored, per day, sorghum 250 gallons, and cider 50 barrels, made into jelly and apple butter direct from the fruit. This industry promised to become one of the most important in the county, being one which was very much needed by the people of this area.

Daniel and Hannah had three children. Henry J., the eldest, Jan. 21, 1857, in Seneca County, Ohio. The second son, William A., was born in Wyandot County, Ohio, and was drowned in a well on the present homestead when about two years old. Mina L. was born July 8, 1868, and was married, Dec. 1, 1887, to William Freed, of Adams Township, Hillsdale County.



He died February 10, 1916 of arteriosclerosis.



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

The cache container is a matchstick container; lock. BYOP. The cache is not located near a grave... If you find a fallen flag, please stick it back in the ground or replace it. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash out.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ohfu

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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