“INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of small, rural, historic
cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers in central Indiana. You can
map out a route and get a bunch of ‘em in one trip and at the same
time learn a little about our history.
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#30
”Tombstones on the Tombstone”
Following the trail to this quest will
take you to Citizens Cemetery, Paw Paw Township, Wabash County,
north of Roann. The Cemetery is located on the South bank of the
Eel River just below the Covered Bridge.
Part of the cemetery , as well as the
Bridge, are immortalized on a lazer-engraved tombstone in Miami
County’s Gilead Cemetery (ISQ #24--The Old Wooden Cross) . I have
included a photo of that tombstone and a recent photo of the same
site, above.
The Roann Covered
Bridge (#14-85-13), the fourth covered bridge to be built on this
site, is a double span Howe Truss, 312 feet in length, 16 feet wide
and 18 feet high. It was built in 1872 by the Smith Bridge Co., and
rebuilt in 1992 after a fire. It was placed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1981.
This cemetery is the final resting place
of a number of Civil War Vets as well as LOUIE F. SIGNS, SON OF
JOHN F. AND MARGARET SIGNS, 1874-1904:
Lonely the
house
And sad the
home
Since My dear Louie has
gone
But, Oh a brighter home
than ours
In Heaven is now his
own…
Government markers for Civil War vets include one for Lieut.
C.S. WHITTAKER, Co. E. 13 IND INF and SAM'L GEORGE Co. A 89th IND
INF.(BREAKING NEWS! The "th" on the "89" on George's stone is in
SUPERSCRIPT!!!! I'm not lying about this! I've never seen that
before on a government marker. Either this stone is a shameless
FAKE or they had superscripts long before anybody thought so.
Somebody Call Dan, quick!!!)
"The way of the sluggard is blocked with
thorns; But the path of the upright is a highway." -- PROVERBS
15:19
The cache container is small and well
hidden. If you find a fallen U.S. flag, please stick it back in the
ground, preferably next to a Vet’s Marker. As always, please be
respectful, and cache in, trash out.
 Cache In -
Trash Out!  Black Labs
WELCOME!
 Available year-round  Less than 200 ft. from car to cache
 Check
Eel River Tide Before Caching 
Accessible in Winter
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GEHEN JETZT JAGD FUR UND FINDEN DEN SCHATZ.
VIEL GLUECK!!
No Night Caching Allowed.