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Quihi Keechie Quiche? Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

West Texas Reviewer: Cache Owner (CO) has had more than enough time to maintain this cache in a responsible fashion, so this cache is being archived to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If the owner wishes to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 15 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the West Texas Reviewer.

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Hidden : 5/31/2004
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Texas ghost town with a church, cemetery and historical marker.

QUIHI, TEXAS. Quihi is at the intersection of Farm Road 2676 and Quihi Creek, nine miles northeast of Hondo in northeastern Medina County. It was laid out on Quihi Lake in 1845 by Henri Castro and named for the white-necked Mexican eagle buzzard, the quichie or keechie. In March of 1846 ten families of Alsatian immigrants from Castro's colony arrived at the site and erected shelters. Within a week of their arrival Indian raiders killed two of the families, and the settlers erected a brush fortification as a defense against further incursions. Indian raids continued to plague the settlement until the 1870s. Other emigrant settlers from Alsace and East Frisia settled in the community in the 1840s and 1850s. The Bethlehem Lutheran Church was organized in 1852. --Taken from the handbook of Texas online.

The cache is located on the above mentioned church/cemetery grounds. The container is a small mint tin camouflaged to blend with the surroundings, contains a small notebook, pencil stub, geocaching sheet and some mini-erasers, not much will fit in this container. There is a nice historical marker by the church, take a few minutes to read about the history. Watch the light on the church, it turned on and off a few times while I was placing this cache. Haunted place or just poor wiring? It is your choice! There should be no problem with geomuggles or parking, this truly is a quiet place. The grave markers date from the early 1800's, so they are some of the original settlers of this place mentioned above; there are many hand-carved tombstones written in German, and also remnants of old wooden grave markers as well. Well worth the stop, with a cache find as a bonus.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

qba'g sbetrg gb fvta gur thrfg ertvfgre

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)