Geocache Description:
"COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST"
The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches started in 2008. 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.
The Colorado Spirit Quest 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 placing a "Colorado Spirit Quest" you should contact Ivy Dog Parents or Joe Friday.
Each person that places a Colorado Spirit Quest cache is responsible for its maintenance.
Note that there is little or no cell coverage in this area. If you are using a smart phone you should download the geocache info in advance. If you are using a GPSr signals can bounce around in this area.
This contaier is located near the French Gulch parking area. Motorized vehicles may not permitted on the road beyond the parking area.There are a series of trails throughout this area. A headstone with the name "William H. Milner" is located a short walk down the road from where this cache is located.
The gravesite is located near the former site of Lincoln City, Colorado. According to several reports, the entire town was relocated in 1904 because placer mining in the area. This included moving seven gravesties from its cemetery to the Valley Brook Cemetery in Breckenridge. There are also reports that seven additional unmarked gravesites were not moved.
Little is known about William H. Milner. His headstone shows his birth as 4 April 1840 and death as 8 May 1864. Find A Grave indicates that he was born in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, and died in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. His parents were Joseph Milner, 1806–1875, and Sarah Anne Pickering Milner, 1806–1870. His siblings were Samuel P. Milner. 1830–1887; Joseph Milner, 1842–1878; Sarah Ann Milner Smith, 1843–1939; and Benjamin F Milner, 1847–1911.
In addition to his birth and death dates the following is inscribed at the bottom of the headstone:
Dearest brother thou hast left us.
Here thy loss we deeply feel:
But it is God that has bereft us.
He can all our sorrows heal.
Greenlee and Co., Denver Col. is inscribed at the bottom right corner of the headstone.
There is a small foot stone at the foot of the grave with his initials. The entire gravesite is surrounded by a wooden picket fence which by the condition of the wood and the type of nails used, has been determined to have been built after the time of internment.
The CO welcomes any info cachers may have or disccover about Willaim H Milner that can be added to this description
Additional Waypoints
GS9WD6T - Gravesite
N 39° 29.184 W 105° 58.773
PK9WD6T - Parking
N 39° 29.182 W 105° 58.843
Colorado Spirit Quest #381 William H. Milner
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