Colorado Spirit Quest #316 - Engleville Cemetery

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“COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST”

The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.

There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across Colorado. This series will introduce you to many of them.

The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and tombstones.

COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST is not affiliated with any other ‘Spirit Quest’ group. Special thanks and credit are given to SixDogTeam who started the Indiana Spirit Quest in 2004. The idea has rapidly spread into many states.

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It cannot be accomplished by just one or two people. This project will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place these caches.

After locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the lives of those pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state.

If you are interested in joining the “Walking Through History Clan” contact may be made by sending an e-mail to the owner of “Colorado Spirit Quest #1 – Mo untain Passage”. Use the ‘Send Message” link at the center of the page of their profile.

Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its maintenance.

REMEMBER:

If you are APPREHENSIVE about cemeteries – AVOID this series.

Thanks to Clan Members: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, Grand High Pobah, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, LadyCoots, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man, *Sparky*, TwoCs, Outdrlvr201, Condor1, 2Cachedivers, arthurat, smilz787, Kyotmoon, Mountain Roamer, SugarPug, Team Tiger Pride, ernie66, drnetwork, Team w-bar-v and Dynamite Rabbit. New Clan members are always Welcome

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The cache container is a camoed 35mm film canister. You will not need to enter the cemetery to find the cache and while it is available 24 hours a day, it might be best to limit your caching activities to normal daylight hours.

This cemetery contains about 50 headstones, the oldest being 1922. It is a simple cemetery that once served the Engleville area which included 2 mines according to the topo maps. Judging by the substantial corner posts that look recent, some care is now being given this cemetery.

The cache is best approached from the intersection of Oak Street with US highway 350 which is near downtown Trinidad. Take Oak street south to Obregon Street where you will make a left. Obregon steet turns into Engleville Road. When your GPS indicates that you are due west of the cache, take the side road to the cemetery. You will pass the site of the old church as you approach the cemetery.

There is a bridge about 0.4 miles before you get to the cache. When I was placing the cache there was a spot on the bridge that clearly needed repair. Please drive with care