Colorado Spirit Quest #482 - Cedar Hill Cemetary

Cedar Hill Cemetary is located on the back side of the hill in Paonia with the giant 'P'. It is the final resting place of Samuel Wade, the original settler of Paonia. It is also the resting place for Mike's (of MikeAndJuli) grandfather - who is the inspiration for our stewardship of the lands we play on.

The cache is not at the listed coordinates. However, the information needed to get to the cache will be obtained at this location.

! The Exciting Cache Series!

“COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST”

REMEMBER:

If you are APPREHENSIVE about cemeteries – AVOID this series.

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.

If you are interested in being a part of this project, 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.

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 CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task and 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.

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

Thanks to the volunteers: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, Grand High Pobah, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man, Outdrlvr201, Condor1, 2Cachedivers, arthurat, smilz787, Kyotmoon, Mountain Roamer, SugarPug, Team Tiger Pride, ernie66, drnetwork, Team w-bar-v, Dynamite Rabbit, DustyKat, mtnbirders, RustyBeerCan & Marma, grymreaper, nteclpr, Moose1 & Mama Moose, Joe Friday, 3cacheteers, 3cacheteers, Dasha Aussies, KB0UMW, hiking_fool, tripping, res71cue and 1Mrs1Ogre, and nickgatt, kingbee, The misgnoners, rbradu, shashyaz&foxy, Bugranger, Lyonden ut., Any Direction, Sewnssew, The Meandering Monkeys, Charlie-n-Geri, skibum1, gooftroop 4, stubywwjd, MaDDoGGaming, kingbee, Wolverine, Random Acts, lbmiller, BTBugs, God chaser, imcasey, lesslost2, Back Country Horseman, vorticity, Triggur, Eagle 2, imyy4u2 and MikeAndJuli.

New VOLUNTEERS are always Welcome

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Brief History on the area and the listed coordinates.

This valley was originally inhabited by Ute Indians until 1880, when the Ute Indian Reservation was closed by the federal government. Following the closure of the reservation, the site itself was settled in 1880 by Samuel Wade and William Clark, who had accompanied Enos Hotchkiss to the area. The town was officially incorporated in 1902 and had its first election in July of that year. The peony roots that Samuel Wade brought with him to Colorado in 1881 inspired him to submit the Latin name for peony, "Paeonia" as a town name. The post office wouldn't allow the extra vowel, so Paeonia became Paonia. The full name of the flower is Paeonia mascula.

At the listed coordinates, you will find the resting place for Samuel Wade. You may also notice there are many members of the wade family all around who were laid to rest here.

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In order to find the final location of the cache, please go to the listed coordinates and use HON Samuel Wade's headstone/monument. From there you will gather information to solve the following puzzle.

Start with N 38° 51.ABC & W 107 36.DEF

A= last digit in HIS death year

B= Total number of figures depicted on the East Side of the monument.

C= The total number of figures depicted on the east side that are kneeling and praying

D= The total number of male figures depicted on the entire monument

E= Add together the last two digits in HER birth year.

F= Total number of flowers held in the hand of the figure depicted on the West side of the monument.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

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