GC1E2WG Traditional Cache Colorado Spirit Quest #37 - Sarah's Grave
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: GreasePot @ | Hide Date: 07/11/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 41.527 W105° 21.281 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Not Recommended at night  Available during winter  Wheelchair accessible  Bicycles  Stealth required 

This is a lone grave. Sarah was the wife of M. Schenck. She was born Oct 11, 1827 and Died March 11, 1862. The main container is now a diabetes test strip under the light lift. The grave is in the lumber yard, and can be accessed when the lumber yard is open. If the lumber yard is closed, please walk over to the fence and view the grave from outside the fence. Follow the signs for Habitat for Humanity Resale store to get into the lumber yard.
SARAH ANN LANNING (JAMES B. LANNING6) was born about 1827 in New York. She married MELVIN SCHENCK, February 14, 1844 in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, son of MELVIN SCHENCK and ANNA THOMPSON. He was born 1822 in New York. Children of SARAH ANN LANNING and MELVIN SCHENCK are: JAMES S. SCHENCK, b. 1845, Bonus, Boone County, Illinois OSCAR L. SCHENCK, b. 1850, Bonus, Boone County, Illinois ADALINE MELISSA SCHENCK, b. April 12, 1852, Bonus, Boone County, Illinois ALLA SCHENCK, b. 1857, Bonus, Boone County, Illinois

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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 - Mountain 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, and Grand High Pobah, CDirtO, FulComers, and Boborr 80909.   New Clan members are always Welcome

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Sarah's headstone was in poor condition, and the lumberyard ordered a new headstone and replaced it.

I had read about Sarah's grave a long time ago in our local paper (Canyon Courier).

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GR1E2WG - Grave
N 39° 41.507 W 105° 21.279
Sarah's grave
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GR1E2WGGrave Reference Point Sarah's grave 06/24/2010 N 39° 41.507 W 105° 21.279 0.04 kms S 

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The main container is a diabetes test strip container under the light lift. (The decon is no longer at the grave site).

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 05/27/2019 By MtnPorgs
Thought the lumber yard might be closed due to the Memorial Day holiday but we were in luck. I was thinking this was an unusual place for a grave, but looking at the dates it's more like an unusual place to put a lumber yard. Thanks for giving us a glimpse into some CO history.

Found it 05/17/2019 By Kzprice
Found it!

Found it 03/28/2019 By MrNerdyGeek1
Found the cache and found the points!! TFTC

Found it 02/10/2019 By GeoDog74
Found it after lunch at Pho Evergreen, I was able to spot Sara’s grave as well. I was able to stamp the log, but forgot my pen TFTC!

Found it 01/04/2019 By raeraesjojobee
TFTC

Found it 09/15/2018 By MLCCrashers
MLC Crashers found it. Now maybe we go play games.

Found it 09/03/2018 By wilderexplorer
TFTC with OR and CF

Found it 09/03/2018 By CreakyFaun64
TFTC with OR and ME

Found it 08/20/2018 By 2lablovers
Day one of a three day trip to the mountains to find caches, check on our caches and do a little gambling at Black Hawk. Well this was different - a grave site in a lumber yard. But near our home in Aurora there is a much larger grave yard in the middle of a shopping center !

Found it 07/05/2018 By landinfamily
Quick find. Visiting from Arizona