Sligo Cemetery
"COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST"
Sligo Cemetery is located near the town of Grover. There used to be a town name Sligo here. According to history the town was named after a county in Ireland. Presumably some of the residents were from that area or Ireland.
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.
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.
You do not have to enter the cemetery to retrieve this cache.
Please post your pictures so we can see what the cemetery looks like throughout the year. Thanks!
"COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST”
The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches started in 2008. Placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that 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.
The Colorado Spirit Quest 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 placing a "Colorado Spirit Quest" you should contact Ivy Dog Parents or Joe Friday.
Each person that places a Colorado Spirit Quest cache is responsible for its maintenance.