“Michigan Spirit Quest”
The Michigan Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by MICHIGAN Pioneers. This series is inspired by and is a continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by SixDogTeam.
Bell ruins
Michigan Spirit Quest #51
"The Bell Tolls for These"
Back in the late 1800’s, this land was home to about 100 people. The village of Bell had a store, a school, saloon, sawmill and several houses. Residents earned their livelihood by working the woods and the mill. When the timber was removed from the surrounding area, the residents of Bell moved away. Scant evidence of their occupation remains; a chimney and a few collapsed walls can be found along the one-mile foot trail. Other points of interest along the trail include a bronze dedication plaque and a small lagoon which contains a sunken ship. A total of about 30 village residents and sailors who washed ashore and were buried by the inhabitants of Bell rest in the Bell Cemetery, along with several Indians who were buried in the same area prior to the arrival of the White Man.
Bell grave
Main stone with names of many who are buried here
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE!
The cache is not located near a grave. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash out.
MSQ caches are brought to you by the following fellows of GEOMSQ: SixDogTeam (Earthdog Patrick, Lead Dog, Wheel Dog), Wolverine Warriors, The Outcaches, SafariBob & Tweety, PairOMedicChick, Cyclops, Son of Cyclops, The Herd, Menstown1, Ali Kat, Jagman714, Geo's Loulog, MI Chickenlegs, sweetlife, MiTuCats, TeamMina, and Gnarly Twotrack. If you are interested in spreading the Quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email Wolverine Warriors.
*Grand Exalted Order of the Michigan Spirit Quest*
