Michigan Spirit Quest #59 - "The Rhythm Divine" Traditional Cache

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 four years, the SPIRIT QUEST has grown to over seven hundred caches and the hiders have grown to fifty cacher teams in 5 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).

Michigan Spirit Quest #59

"The Rhythm Divine"

WELCOME TO DIVINE CEMETERY

Woodbridge Twp
Hillsdale County Michigan


Asa L. and Joseph DIVINE, Jr., brothers, came from Springfield, Lucas Co, Ohio, in 1841, and settled on section 6. Two years later their father, Joseph, Sr., and brothers, William and James, became residents of the township. Representatives of these families are now very numerous in the northwest part of Woodbridge. The DIVINES came from Cayuga Co., N. Y., and during the war of 1812, Joseph, Sr., served as captain with the New York.



In September of 1838 Richard BRYAN and his family came in from Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Mass., and settled upon section 5. He had served as a soldier during the war of 1812, and was accompanied here by his sons William, Richard, Jr., John, and Ezra, all of whom are residents of the township at the present time. When the elder BRYAN built his first log cabin, the lumber which he fount it necessary to use in the construction of gables, floors, doors, etc., was carried from Cambria Mills on his back. The elder son, William BRYAN, built the first framed house in 1841. It was a small structure, and stood on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 5. John BRYAN built the second framed dwelling, some four or five years later. This was a more pretentious edifice. Worthy neighbors, who still resided in the log dwellings, when called upon to express their opinion of neighbor John's enterprise and taste, replied that they "preferred log houses, they were warmer."

State troops on the Canadian frontier. Among other settlers who came in during the winter of 1840-41 were Orrin COBB, Urias HOYT, a Methodist preacher, Jacob SUMNER, and Chester STODDART, the first supervisor of the township.



FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE


The cache container is a camoed medium-sized lock & lock. Big enough for average-sized trackables and tradeables!. ... 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.

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