"Ohio
Spirit Quest"
The
Ohio Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of
historic cemeteries built by Buckeye Pioneers. This series is
inspired by and a continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches
created by Six Dog Team. In just over three years, the SPIRIT QUEST
has grown to over 550 caches, with the hiding teams growing as
well. The Ohio Spirit Quest has begun to grown to over 30 in Ohio,
with five current caching teams, three each with A Man and His Dog,
one with a Couple and Their Dog... and one with A Woman and her
Dog. Over 1,000 cachers have logged over
20,000 finds. One cache machine found 111 ISQ caches in a single
day (daylight hours only).
Come with us now for a virtual tour of this burial ground via
this page, then go out and find the
cache!
Welcome to Dutch Ridge
Cemetery
Fulton Twp, Fulton County, Ohio
OHIO
SPIRIT QUEST #36
"Lytton, Ghost Town"
The Dutch Ridge
Cemetery is located three-quarter mile south of Lytton, on the west
side of Township Road 5, one-quarter mile north of County Road
M.
Lytton was a Post office town which operated between March 3, 1893
and July 15, 1895 with John R. Babcock as postmaster , then January
6, 1896 and August 31, 1903 with Samuel Everett as the postmaster.
Mail service was transferred to Delta, OH. Little is left to remind
locals that this town existed except for the closed up general
store on County Roads N and 5. The Lytton Zion United Church is
also located on County Road 5, just south of County Road N.
The ground occupied by the cemetery was deeded to B. Poorman in
1835. The first burials were made before 1850. In 1866 a Reformed
Zions Kirche was built across the road to the south. The cemetery
was placed under appointed trustees in 1873 and in 1925 the site
became the responsibility of the township
trustees.
What grabs the eye is the number of geometric
shapes the tombstones take.
It's the first thing you notice upon entering these grounds.
The cache container, though listed as a "2", is a
good deal larger than that. Just not quite a "3". Maybe a 2.5.
Still great for any travelers!
If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it
back in the ground. As always, please be respectful, and cache in,
trash out.
Placed by a member of:
"Ohio
Spirit Quest" is brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOOSQ*: The SixDogTeam, THE SHADOW, The Moop
Along, -Eleanor-, TeamMina. If you are interested in spreading the
Quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email
The Moop Along with caching resume and at least 25 current
notarized references.
*Grand Exalted Order of the Ohio Spirit
Quest*
