“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 is a
continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by
SixDogTeam. In just over two and a half years, the SPIRIT QUEST has
grown to over five hundred and fifty caches and the hiders have
grown to twenty-five cacher teams in 3 states and one province,
most of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans.
Over 1,000 cachers have logged over 20,000
finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ caches in a single day
(daylight hours only).
(Photo by The Outcaches)
Michigan Spirit Quest
#6
"THE PALM SUNDAY
OUTBREAK"
Welcome to East Gilead
Cemetery in Gilead Township, Michigan. This cache is named in
remembrance of the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak on April 11, 1965 –
one of the worst storm clusters to hit the area. Within 12 hours,
47 confirmed tornadoes tore across Michigan, Indiana and Ohio
killing 271 people and insuring 3,400 others. The tornado that hit
East Gilead was one of two that touched down in Branch County. As a
result of these two tornadoes alone, 19 people died, 200 were
injured and just under 200 homes were
destroyed.
East Gilead Cemetery is
the final resting place of many founding fathers and mothers of the
area. At least two Civil War veterans, Byron J. Lang – 9th Cavalry
Company I and James A. Furguson – 5th Cavalry Company M are buried
here.
George W. Hill, (b:
04 Sep 1834, died 18 Mar 1899)
Also buried in East
Gilead Cemetery is George W. Hill. When he was a young man, Hill
moved with his family to Little Cooley, PA. There, he married Sarah
Lewis. They had two daughters, Polly died at birth and Marian
(Bidwell).Three years after the death of first wife, he married
Malinda Swihart, the union to which Arden was born along with
George M. and Dora, who died giving birth in 1918. When he moved
his family to Michigan, George W. Hill served as Pastor of the
United Brethren Church in Bethel until he died in
1889.
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING
WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
The cache container is
a cammoed prescription bottle with only a log. 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,
SafariBob & Tweety, Pairomedicchick, Son of Cyclops and
MedClown. 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*
