“INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST”
Photo by Kodiak Kid
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of small, rural, historic
cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers in central/Northeast
Indiana. PRAIRIEPARTNERS has set a record for
one-day ISQ finds on 10-16-2004 at 55! 89 cacher teams have logged
over 1,200 finds.
ISQ STATS as of
12/04/04
TOP TEN FINDS
1. 75 --Buddaman, Exalted Grand Poohbah of ISQ Seekers
2. 65 --Sweetie Pie, Dragon Ryders Three
3. 61 --Itzme
4. 55 --Prairepartners
5. 48 --One Angel & Family
6. 45 --Bluegillfisherman
7. 44 --Team Tigger International/Awsome Ev
8. 41 -- Just Mee/ Hutt
9. 40 --Mattster
10. 34 --Jplus14
FTF's
1. 30 --Dragon Ryders Three
2. 14 --Buddaman
3. 8 --Pinestrail
INDIANA
SPIRIT QUEST #83
”BARTON'S SURPRISE"
This quest by Kodiak Kid will take you to
the honored resting place of a Hero of the War for Independence,
Barton Cemetery in LaGrange County...
Barton
This quest is in northern LaGrange County, near the former
settlement of Lima, the first officially listed white settlement in
the County. Barton Cemetery is a small, quite neglected little plot
probably named because of all the Barton family members there.
Obviously, many grave markers are missing, and some are unreadable.
The oldest legible marker dates to 1821. The cemetery is no longer
active.
The surprise in Barton Cemetery is the grave of a
Revolutionary War soldier. The grave has been well marked, both
with an original military style stone, and a special marker placed
years ago by the Daughters of The American Revolution. The stone
reads
"David Cowan,
1762-1851,
Priv. in Rev. War,
Reg. of Co. L. Mory R.I. Troops Com. by Capt.
Burlingame".
His year of birth is different on each stone, but his year of
death agrees. Your cache challenge is to find a micro, nicely
camo'ed with pretty green duct tape, and sign the log with a pencil
that you will supply yourself. No trade items will fit. --Kodiak
Kid (Photos by Kodiak Kid)
D.A.R. Memorial Stone, photo by Kodiak Kid
The cache container
is very small. BYOP. Park with care. If you find a
fallen US flag, please stick it back in the ground. As always,
please be respectful, and cache in, trash
out.
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NIGHT CACHING IS NOT ALLOWED ON ISQ'S