INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST
Photos by Rupert2
The
Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number
of historic cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just over two
years, the quest has grown to over four hundred caches hidden in
thirty five Indiana counties, and the hiders consist of several
cacher teams, which are comprised of A Man and His Dog. Over 850
cacher teams have logged over 10,000 finds and rapidly
climbing.
INDIANA
SPIRIT QUEST #405
”Oaktown
Remembers"
Welcome to the
Oaktown Cemetery, Busseron Township , Knox County. This is an
interesting north/south facing cemetery that is divided by old US
41. There are several military markers througout the site including
two Spanish American War and several civil war markers. One of the
most prominent features of the site is the large war memorial just
in front of the flagpole. This memorial lists all from the
towniship who lost their lives fighting for our country. Some are
buried in this cemetery some never returned home.
Pictured is the grave of William Roe. His name is listed on the
war memorial as having given his life during World War II in
France. Roe was part of the 121st Infantry (The “Gray Bonnet”
Regiment). The regiment had departed from Northern Ireland on July
4 (approximately one month after the D-Day landings on Normandy.
The 121st saw heavy action along the French countryside for several
weeks. The details of Roe's death are not yet known.
LOGS
INDICATING NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
WARNING.
The cache container is is a 30 cal ammo
box. Please leave it at least as well concealed, if not
better, than you found it. If you find fallen or worn US flags
at the graves of veterans, please take a moment to upright or
replace them. Dispose of worn US flags in a respectable
manner. If you find the coordinates to be a
little off, do not hesitate to post a waypoint with your
log. As always, be respectful, and cache in, trash out.
God Bless our troops in harm's
way.
""Indiana Spirit Quest" is brought to you by the
following fellows of GEOISQ*: SixDogTeam (Earthdog Patrick,
Lead Dog, Wheel Dog) Kodiak Kid, THE SHADOW, Team Shydog,
Rupert2, Torry, ~Mystery Dog~, Team Tigger International,
bbSurveyors, Dover Duo,Los Xile, Prairie Partners,
WilliamsFamGC, Bean Blossom Gang, Team Itchy & Scratchy,
Wishbone 86, krisNjoe, Bikinibottomfeeders, Awsome Ev and the
501 Gang."
