Indiana Spirit Quest #63: Men & Women Traditional Cache

The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of small, rural, historic cemeteries built by Hoosier (What's a hoosier?) Pioneers in central/Northeast Indiana. You can map out a route and get a bunch of ‘em in one trip and at the same time learn a little about our past.

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This is our 99th hide. This quest will take you to Rose Hill Cemetery(aka North Pleasant, Lutheran, County Line) in northern Wabash County. The Cemetery is next to the old brick North Pleasant Church (1881) I'm not sure what denomination it was when it was built, but now it's "Pleasant Valley United Baptist Church,Meeting Time 3rd Weekend" The Church has two entrances--One for Men and One for Women. It also has a chimney on either side of the building, one for men, and one for the women, who sat in pews on opposite sides of the Church-- This could have been a Friends or Baptist or Amish Church...??? Also out back, there are two outhouses, both two-holers, one for -- well you get the idea. This is a neat little spot with some old stones dating to the mid 1850's, containing several hundred graves,and is an active cemetery. There is a crik out back where the cows like to congregate. Remember: No Cow Tipping!!! Patrick really likes these cows, he thinks they're a hoot!

Quaker meeting houses had a special form. The buildings were rectangular with one of the long sides serving as the front of the structure. This entry façade was completely symmetrical, each half being a mirror image of the other. Two doors, usually with flanking windows, served as entrances for each of the sexes with men and boys entering the right door and women, young children, and girls the left. Each of the short sides of the building was also identical, with windows and a door that corresponded with the interior cross aisle that formed by the gallery and facing seats. If the meeting house was frame the exterior, the building was painted white. Occasionally, the building had exterior shutters.

The building interior sharply differed from the interiors of other Protestant denominations. Each entrance had a corresponding aisle that ran to the front of the building where both were intersected by a crossing aisle. Across the front of the building where 3 rows of raised seats that faced the entrance. This was called the "gallery" or facing benches and was seating for the meeting elders, overseers, ministers and distinguished guests. The members of the meeting sat in rows facing the elders. The last few rows of the congregational seats were also elevated to allow for an unobstructed view of the meeting from the back of the building. The pews were simple planed plank seats sometimes with narrow backs. Down the center of the room, from back wall to front, ran a divider. This divider was one of two types. The first was called a "partition." This was comprised of boards that formed a solid wall about one-third of the way up from the floor. Then the wall was pierced with window-like openings that had panel covers that slid up to open. The second divider type was called "shutters." These shutters were hinged panels that folded flat against the wall of the building when closed. In either case, these dividers were opened for worship and closed for the separate men’s and women’s business meetings

Rose Hill Cemetery is located on the southside of the Wabash and Kosciusko county line, near Wabash county road 300W. It is also known as the North Pleasant cemetery, Lutheran cemetery and the County line cemetery. The Wabash County History written by Helm in 1884 has this to say about the church and cemetery, see page 449. "The church is located not far from Rose Hill Post Office, and near the north line of the township and the county. The society was established in 1846, and the church was built in that year, being a frame. The house was burned in 1875, and a new one was erected in 1881. The preachers have been Messrs. Oliver, Templin, Willson, Wells, Nellis, etc. Among the members have been Adam Oldfather, Solomon Oldfather, Samuel Bussard, Jacob Bussard, Dr. Henry Eichholtz, and their wives, and many others besides. Their preaching occurs once in two weeks and Sunday School is held every Sabbath. The society numbers between thirty and forty members, being in a harmonious and reasonably prosperous condition. There is a cemetery near the meeting house, which is used by the people of the region for purposes of burial. The church and burial ground are located in the northwest quarter of Section 22, Township 30, Range 6."

The cache container is a small tupperware clone. Please replace it just as you found it, so the squirrels, ferrets, skunks, wild boars and coons can't get to it. BYOP. Park with care. Has I.U. changed the name of their football team to the "Fighting DiNardo's"? Go Gators! As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash out. Hoo-Yah!!

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