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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 to pay respect the many pioneer ancestors that ‘walked’ before us.
There are numerous 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 afflicted with any other Spirit Quest group. Special thanks and credit is 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 can not be accomplished by just one or two people. This projects will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place caches.
After locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the lives of these pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado 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 – The Passage through the Mountains”. Use the ‘Send Message” link at the center of the page of their profile.
Each person that places a cache will be reasonable for the maintenance of such.
REMEMBER:
If you are APPREHENSIVE about cemeteries – AVOID this series.
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While you are here, take a walk or drive around the cemetery. This is a very beautiful cemetery. After signing the log, please look around the cemetery and note one interesting thing about the cemetery. There are both old and new graves here. Pictures are most welcome. The first burial was in 1871. The first burial with a mortician and embalming occurred in 1919. There was a new addition in 1959, called the 1959 Addition. Another addition happened in 1975 it was called Whispering Pines. Rumor has it that 9 soldiers from the Sand Creek Massacre of Nv 29, 1864 are buried here. The cemetery was donated with the understanding that if no one had been buried wtihin one year, the land would revert back to the owner. One year was almost up, and no one had been buried. There was a hanging in Cheyenne. No one claimed the body. Citizens from Evergreen travelled to Cheyenne and brought the body back for burial to keep the cemetery. Mr. Mallet donated the land for the church built in 1874. The Wilmot family donated the land for the cemetery.
Additional Waypoints
GA1DBZG - Cemetery entrance gate
N 39° 38.347 W 105° 19.953
Drive through this gate to get into the cemetery.
Colorado Spirit Quest #12 - Bear Creek Cemetery
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