GC1EYVG Traditional Cache Colorado Spirit Quest #79 - Dory Hill Cemetery
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Grand High Pobah @ | Hide Date: 08/04/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 50.371 W105° 29.065 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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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, and Grand High Pobah, CDirtO, FulComers, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, and MrVolkswagen. New Clan members are always Welcome

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The Dory Hill Cemetery is located across the street from Gilpin County Justice Center just south of Golden Gate Canyon road. It appears to be well kept and has some very early pioneers present. The cemetery is rustic in that there are no manicured lawns, just natural vegetation.

Spend a few minutes either before or after finding the cache looking around. The oldest marker I could find was dated 1862.

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About four feet off the ground.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 07/03/2019 By vicatalee
Yay!

Found it 06/08/2019 By Butano
Not sure I have been in a cemetery quite like this one. Interesting to see that it appear to still be in use as there were some recent markers along with some very old ones. Along with landscaping it made for an interesting find. Dropped off my path tag. TFTC

Found it 05/27/2019 By ulylaton
In this tree

Found it 05/26/2019 By Ryfecta
Cool geocache!

Found it 05/17/2019 By Wrathful1
Love these old cemeteries

Found it 08/12/2018 By Joeyberni
Found it thanks for the hide

Found it 07/30/2018 By _Wolverine
Very cool cemetery - quick find. tftc

Found it 07/18/2018 By morrowkitty
Creepy but awesome!

Found it 06/27/2018 By Rohatx
My favorite series! Loved this cemetery! Gets a fav!

Found it 06/20/2018 By jaXXon88
Awesome hide, thank you!