“OHIO SPIRIT
QUEST”
The Ohio Spirit Quest series of geocaches will
take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by Buckeye
Pioneers. This series is inspired by and a continuation of the
Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by Six Dog Team. In just over
three years, the SPIRIT QUEST has grown to over 550 caches, with
the hiding teams growing as well. The Ohio Spirit Quest has begun
to grow with seven current hides in one Northwest Ohio county, with
four current caching teams, three each with A Man and His
Dog... and one with A Woman and her Dog. Over 1,000 cachers have logged over 25,000 finds. One cache
machine found 111 ISQ caches in a single day (daylight hours
only).
Pioneer Cemetery (Photo by THE
SHADOW)
OHIO SPIRIT QUEST
#001
”WHO'S SNOOZIN'
NOW?"
This is our first incursion across the state
line. Listen to what the SHADOW has to say:
Welcome to Farnham Cemetery
in St. Joseph Township, Williams County, Ohio.
This cemetery is located
just over the state line. It looks to have been, and still is a
"family" cemetery.There are many tombstones here with the surname
Farnham. It's midsize and still is active. There is a beautiful
white fence surrounding the area, with walk/drivethru gates. The
sign says 1844, and there is a very nice, well preserved marker,
for the cemetery's namesake, Sally Farnham, who passed the same
year. Obviously, I saw none dated earlier.
A new addition looks to
have been added in 1980, the Jennings Addition. It's about two rows
in width.
I located the graves of
several Civil War Veterans here and at least one each WWI &
WWII Veterans. I have no doubt there are many
more.
This is a nice quiet
location, and well kept. It's only a stone's throw from Fish Creek.
I never saw a single vehicle pass the two hours I was here. At
least there are a few areas left like this.---THE
SHADOW
SALLY FARNHAM
The cache container is a
camoed match holder-- BYOP. Park with Extreme
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. Pray for our Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen
in harm's way. All photos by THE SHADOW.
"Ohio Spirit
Quest" is brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOOSQ*: The SixDogTeam, THE SHADOW,
The Moop Along, -Eleanor-. If you are interested in spreading
the quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN
US, email The Moop Along with caching resume and at least 25
current notarized references.
*Grand Exalted Order of
the Ohio Spirit Quest
