“MICHIGAN SPIRIT
QUEST”
The MICHIGAN SPIRIT QUEST series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by MICHIGAN Pioneers. This series is inspired by and a
continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by
SixDogTeam. In just over a year and a half, the SPIRIT QUEST has
grown to over three hundred thirty caches and the hiders have grown
to seventeen cacher teams, most of which are comprised of Dogs
and their Humans. Over 700 cachers have
logged over 8,000 finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ caches in
a single day (daylight hours only).
(Photos by Wolverine Warriors)
MICHIGAN SPIRIT QUEST
#3
"Pushing up
Flowers"
WELCOME TO Batavia
Cemetery in Batavia, Branch county, Michigan. Please be respectful
while here. This cemetery is the final resting place of a famous
woman from Batavia. Lizzie Whitlock was "The Original Fat Lady of
the Circus". She was born in British Columbia in 1853 and she
joined the circus at the age of 14. She was reputed as being the
fatest woman in the U.S. Lizzie traveled with many outfits
including Barnum and Bailey's. She was married three times and had
four children. When she died in 1899 she weighed 650 pounds and to
remove her body they had to remove the windows in the front of her
house. If you get the chance to stop by the Wing House Museum in
Coldwater you can see a pair of her shoes that were specially made
for Lizzie by the Bee Hive shoe store. Lizzie died before she had
the chance to go pick them up. Its well worth the stop, just to see
the shoes. Check this site to see when the museum is open and try
to stop by while your here.
www.wingmuseum.org
Lizzie
Whitlock
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING
WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
The cache container is
a large container. .The cache is not located near a
grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in
the ground or replace it. As always, please be respectful, and
cache in, trash out. Say a prayer for our brave troops,
fighting overseas. God Bless America!
"MSQ caches are
brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOMSQ*: SixDogTeam (Earthdog Patrick,
Lead Dog, Wheel Dog), Wolverine Warriors, The Outcaches and
SafariBob&Tweety. If you are interested in spreading the
Quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US,
email Wolverine Warriors.
*Grand Exalted Order of
the Michigan Spirit
Quest
