“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 a year and a half, the quest has
grown to over two hundred seventy caches hidden in twenty-seven
Indiana counties, and two Ohio counties, and the hiders have grown
to ten cacher teams, nine of which of which are comprised of
Dogs and their Humans. Over 570 cacher
teams have logged over 6,400 finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ
caches in a single day (daylight hours only).
(Photos by Shadow)
INDIANA
SPIRIT QUEST #298
” TWO BROTHERS"
Welcome to Evergreen Cemetery, aptly named
in Newville Twp., DeKalb County.Listen to the
SHADOW:
This large &
older cemetery is no longer used. Appropriately named, the pines in
the area are very large. Several in the central area have been
removed, leaving some huge stumps. The odor of pine can be quite
strong when the air is calm.
What appears to be a new
addition to the south is actually a separate cemetery, called
Newville (or Riverside) Cemetery. The main entry & drive is the
dividing line between the two.
The St. Joe river
borders on the west side. This area is known as "Patrick's Bend".
At one point, the embankment is so close, a few stones are leaning
towards the river.
Due to the age and size,
there are numerous Civil War veterans here, and very few of modern
wars. Some of the state units represented here are In, Oh, Mi,
& NY.
This
is an interesting cemetery with many markers that are unique in
their own ways. With the shade from the pines, it was an enjoyable
couple of afternoons. --THE SHADOW
The Hart Family lost two sons in the Civil
WAr, Frances, who died at Indianapolis and Joseph, a P.O.W. who
died at Andersonville Prison on Aug. 8, 1864, a member of Co. H
88th Indiana Infantry
Regiment.
UNION
INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
30th
Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and
mustered in September 24, 1861
. SERVICE.- Battle of Shiloh, Tenn and
siege of Corinth, Miss; Battle of Perryville, Ky. Battle of Stone's
River. Battle of Chickamauga ;Assault on Kenesaw;. Peach Tree
Creek.; Siege of Atlanta; Battle of Jonesboro; Battle of Franklin.;
Battle of Nashville. Moved to New Orleans, thence to Texas.
Mustered out November 25, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers
and 133 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and
274 Enlisted men by disease. Total 412.
A famous American Humorist,Will Cuppy, is buried in this
cemetery:
Birth: Aug. 23, 1884
Auburn, IN
Death: Sep. 19, 1949
Greenwich Village New York City
Author and journalist. Born William Jacob Cuppy in Auburn,
Indiana, he was known for his satirical magazine articles and books
about nature and historical figures. Among his books are: "How to
Be a Hermit" (1929); "How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes"
(1931); "How to Become Extinct" (1941); "How to Attract the Wombat"
(1949); and "The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody" (1950),
the last two appearing posthumously. These titles are still in
print. From 1926 until his death, he wrote a weekly "Mystery and
Adventure" book review column for the New York Herald-Tribune,
reviewing a career total of more than 4000 titles.
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT
INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
The cache container
is a Decon thing. BYOP. .The cache is not located near a
grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in
the ground. As always, please be respectful, and cache in,
trash out. XXXXXXrica!
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