“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. In just over two and a half years, the SPIRIT QUEST has
grown to over five hundred and fifty caches and the hiders have
grown to twenty-five cacher teams in 3 states and one province,
most of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans.
Over 1,000 cachers have logged over 20,000
finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ caches in a single day
(daylight hours only).
(Photo by The Outcaches)
Michigan Spirit Quest
#7
"LITTLE BIGHORN – A MOTHER’S
LOSS"
Welcome to St. Mary’s
Cemetery, Bronson, MI. One local pioneer buried at St. Mary’s is
Bridget Hanley Dorn. She and John Dorn immigrated to New York on 4
Jul 1844 aboard the vessel Hogarth from County Kilkenney,
Ireland, at the time of the Potato Famine with their son James.
They went first to New York City, then to Cleveland, Ohio. They
bought a farm near Bronson, MI in 1854. Briget and John had six
sons: James, Richard, John P., William, Michael and Martin. She was
featured in the local newspapers when she "received $97 back pay
for her son's [Richard’s] services that was killed in the Custer
massacre." Beginning in 1888, she received a pension of $12 a month
from the Army for the rest of her life. Her obituary
reads:
"Death of a
Pioneer:
Mrs. John Dorn died at the home of her son, John, west of town,
April 9, 1896. Bridget Hanley was born in Kilkenny county, Ireland,
Feb 2, 1822, and left her native land for America when whe was 24
years of age; she stopped in New York city a short time and then
went to Cleveland, Ohio, where whe stayed one year, and then came
to Bronson, where, up to the time of her death she resided, about
49 years, and was one of the oldest settlers in Bronson township.
John Dorn, her husband, died some 33 years ago, and three sons are
left to mourn her loss - William, who lives in N. Dakota, Mike and
John of Bronson. the funeral was held Saturday at St. Mary's
church, conducted by Ref. Fr. Schaeper, and was largely attended."
- Bronson Independent
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING
WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
The cache container is
a mini M & M’s tube. The cache is not located near a
grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in
the ground or replace it. As always, please be respectful, and
cache in, trash out. Say a prayer for our brave troops,
fighting overseas. God Bless America!
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, Son of Cyclops and
MedClown. 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*
