“INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches
will take you to a number of small, rural, historic cemeteries
built by Hoosier Pioneers in central Indiana. If you’re clever, you
can map out a route and get a bunch of ‘em in one trip!
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #15:
”On the Banks of the Crick”
This Quest will take you to Clear Creek
Cemetery on the Banks of Clear Creek, Clear Creek Twp. in
Huntington County. This very well maintained cemetery is active and
features a 1930 Metal Archway and an historic still-active wooden
Church Building. The Clear Creek Church is a Carpenter-Builder
style structure built in 1864..Some sources say it was built in
1849, however, which would make it the oldest frame church edifice
in the county still in service. It was built on ground donated by
John R. Emley and replaced a log cabin used for both church and
school. The older part of the cemetery is directly behind the
Church, with tombstones dating to the 1830’s. The oldest stone I
could find was that of WESLEY EMLEY, d. 10/12/1836, one of 54 Emley
family members buried here. Another interesting stone is that of
the cemetery ground donor, JOHN R. EMLEY, 1787-1867, EMIGRATED TO
HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN 1835.
NO NIGHT CACHING AT THIS
SITE!!!
The cache container was a 35 mm film
canister, but is now a small plastic bottle. If you find a fallen
U.S. flag, please stick it back in the ground, preferably next to a
Vet’s Marker. As always, be respectful, and cache in, trash
out!
 Only
Good Dogs Allowed
Available year-round
 Less than 200 ft. from car to cache
 No
Historic Outhouses available
 Check
Clear Creek Tide Before Caching |
Good Luck from SixDogTeam!!
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VIEL GLUECK!!
NOTICE, 7-29-05: NIGHT
CACHING IS NOT ALLOWED ON ISQ's. LOGS INDICATING CACHING AFTER DARK
WILL BE DELETED.