INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
Photos by Deermark
The The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just three years, the quest has grown to OVER 500 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. Hundreds of Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged many thousands of over 13,800 finds.
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #528
”Way Down South"
Welcome to Rickenbaugh Cemetery inside the Indian-Celina Lake Recreation Area in Perry County. You may need to pay a $4 entrance fee to the park to access the cemetery and the cache. This cache was placed after the "Trailmix 6" event cache. This is furthest south ISQ placed. It is also the first ISQ in Perry County. This cemetery is very well kept and some informational signs have been placed about those who are buried here. Be sure to also visit the "This Old House" cache nearby, as well as the other caches on the trails here.
Pictured is the Rickenbaugh Family.
"We believe there are a total of 51 graves in the cemetery, many with field stone markers. The unidentified graves appear to be family or neighbors. Many are children.
The earliest grave was the infant son of the Carmickles, the family Jacob Rickenbaugh bought this land from. The little boy had no name and lived but 3 hours on September 10, 1838.
The Carmickles are thought to have lived here 15 years before the Rickenbaughs arrived. They buried four children here in a time that being a child was a risky business.
Jacob died in 1910 at the age of 88, his wife Elizabeth preceded him in death in 1899. Two of their children died in infancy. Eight of their then children are buried here. The most recent burial was in 1967, when Emory Rickenbaugh died at the age of 93."
Pictured is the grave marker of Jacob Rickenbaugh
LOGS INDICATING NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT WARNING.
The cache container is a 35mm film cannister. Please leave it at least as well concealed, if not better, than you found it. If you find fallen or worn US flags, please take a moment to upright or replace them. Dispose of worn US flags in a respectable manner. As always, be respectful, and cache in, trash out.
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