Indiana Spirit Quest #673-"Home In The Wilderness" Traditional Cache
Indiana Spirit Quest #673-"Home In The Wilderness"
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“Indiana Spirit Quest”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by Hoosier Pioneers. This series is inspired by and is a
continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by
SixDogTeam. In just over four years, the SPIRIT QUEST has grown to
over seven hundred caches and the hiders have grown to fifty cacher
teams in 5 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).
(Photos by TeamMina)
Indiana
Spirit Quest #673
"Home
In The Wilderness"
WELCOME
TO POWERS CEMETERY
York Township, Steuben County, Indiana
On July 8th, 1937, the descendants of the original
Powers brothers dedicated a monument to their accomplishments. This
historical marker was placed to commemorate the 100-year
anniversary of the first Powers home being built.
In 1837, two of the Powers brothers traveled from Ontario County,
New York to this spot. They were scouting a place for them, and
their three other brothers, to settle and raise their
families.
The brothers were Stephen A., Winn, Clark, Josiah, and Calvin.
Calvin lost his first wife on the trip, but remarried before
arriving in, what is now, York Township.
The first birth in York Twp. was Volney Powers, whose parents were
Stephen A. and Mary Ann. The first death was in 1938 to William and
Betsy's son Mowry. The log cabin the brothers built at this site
became the first schoolhouse until 1844, when the York Schoolhouse
was built on land owned by Stephen A. Powers. Winn Powers was the
first teacher in the Township. Stephen A. also went on to become
the first Justice Of The Peace, In 1845, Clark Powers built the
first sawmill.
"Powers Church" was built in 1876, on land donated by Clark Powers.
The church was also known as the "Free Church", as it was created
to be non-denominational. The last regular services were held in
the 1920s. The church was restored in 1976, and is now on the
National Register Of Historical Places.
FIND
LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED
WITHOUT NOTICE!
The cache container is a
good-sized lock-n-lock. 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.
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Congrats to "Justin's lil sis" on the
First-To-Find!
Congratulations to bluegillfisherman for choosing this cache to
be #1500!!!
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)