INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches
will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by
Hoosier Pioneers. In just over a year, the quest has grown to over
a hundred eighty caches hidden in twenty-one Indiana counties, and
the hiders have grown to six cacher teams, all of which are
comprised of A Man and His Dog.... JPLUS
14 has set a record for one-day ISQ finds on 4-16-05 at 64!
(PRAIRIE PARTNERS has 55); 262 cacher teams have logged over 2,800
finds.
Welcome to what was once
Salem Cemetery next to what was at one time Salem Church . Noble
County , Perry Twp. Indiana.
Somewhere in the History of this place it has become The Rock of
Ages Old Baptist Church, I just haven't managed to find the exact
history as yet. This dog just can't get good help!
However we did find this small bit of Interesting History on the
Area Known as Noble County!
Originally, the area now known as Noble County was said to have
been almost covered with a very heavy growth of timber, consisting
princially of oak, beech, maple, ash, tulip, walnut, hickory, and
many more varieties. There were also small areas of prairie land,
extensive marsh areas, and, reportedly, about 150 lakes of varying
sizes. Though marsh lands have been drained, giving way to much
appreciated farmland, most of the picturesque lakes remain.
Tradition has it that the first building erected in the county
was the grand council house, built as early as 1820, for the Indian
Chief "Flat Belly". It was located on a six mile square
"reservation" situated in present day Sparta and Washington
Townships, of Noble County, and Turkey Creek and Tippecanoe
Townships of Kosciusko. According to Indian accounts, this
building, constructed of brick manufactured on the reservation, was
destroyed by a great storm.
I found several Civil War Vets here, One Stone was for an Alvin
D Hostetter died 20 years 9 days in Tenn.
Our friend LeadDog helped us find this information!
BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF
COMPANY B
Private Alvin D. Hostetter, is buried here.
He was a Bugler for Company B, 12th Regiment of Indiana Cavalry
during the Civil War. The Regiment was organized at Kendalvillle
and Michigan City, Indiana, mustered in and left the state for
Tennessee on May 6, 1864. They saw service in Tennessee and Alabama
and Mississippi. Regiment was mustered out November 10, 1865. 16
enlisted members of the unit were killed or mortally wounded and
one officer and 154 enlisted died by disease for total casualties
of 171.
I also came across a couple of brothers, Maurice and Raymond
Dallas Sherer. They served in both World Wars , 1 and 2 resting
side by side.
The Cache is a small Lock & Lock container and will support
small trade items
Original Contends are :
Log Book ...Bring yer own Pen
Canadian Keychain
Canadian "Loonie" coin
Wooden Nickel
Small Rubber Bouncy Ball
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