Indiana Spirit Quest # 505 - Settlers Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/30/2006
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:




"Indiana Spirit Quest"


ISQ - Except no others!


The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just two years, the quest has over five hundred caches hidden in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Ontario and the hiders have grown to over twenty five cacher teams, most of which of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans.
Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged over 19,000 ISQ finds.


"Indiana Spirit Quest # 505"
"Settlers"
Lake County, IN


Gate
Photos by 501_Gang


This plot was acquired by the U.S. Government from the Potawatomi Indians through the Tippecanoe treaty of 1832 is known to have been a burial ground prior to 1841 at which time it was shown as an exclusion in an abstract which deeded the adjourning land to a private individual.


Plaques
"Plaques"


Names of persons buried here were taken from remaining grave markers and from all local records which could be found.



"Mexican War Veteran"


Rehabilitated and dedicated in 1976 as a Hobart Bicentennial community project.


Stones


* * * THIS IS A GENUINE INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST CACHE -- ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! * * *


The cache container is a camouflaged, Coffee container.

Please leave it at least as well concealed, if not better, than you found it.



FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE!


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. As always, no ISQ searching after dusk, and cache in, trash out. God Bless our troops and veterans.





DESPITE WHAT SOME NON-ISQ CEMETERY CACHE PAGES MAY SAY, YOU MAYBE SUBJECT TO ARREST IF FOUND IN A CEMETERY AT NIGHT IN INDIANA IN MOST ALL JURISDICTIONS.


"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, ~Mystery Dog~, Team Tigger International, bbSurveyors, Dover Duo, Los Xile, Prairie Partners, WilliamsFamGC, Bean Blossom Gang, Team Itchy & Scratchy, Wishbone 86, krisNjoe, Brooke Burke, Bikinibottomfeeders, Awsome Ev, 501 Gang, Lord Elwood, Doobies, Che K., Indgeodog.

If you are interested in spreading the Quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email SixDogTeam.


*Grand Exalted Order of the Indiana Spirit Quest

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

funql ubyybj

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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