The WCF&N Cache #1 (Reserected) Traditional Geocache
The WCF&N Cache #1 (Reserected)
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Hartman Reserve “Heritage Hartman Reserve bike trail.” “South
Riverside Trail” Connection to the American Discovery Trail
Replacement cache for The WCF&N Cache 1
Hartman Reserve “Heritage Hartman Reserve bike trail.” “South
Riverside Trail” Connection to the American Discovery Trail .
Waterloo-Cedar Falls- and Northern Railroad (WCF&N RR) at
the
intersection of Westfield Avenue, Conger Street, and Rainbow
Drive.
Today this is the site of the National Dairy Cattle Congress
Grounds. The WCF&N Railroad was owned by the Cass family
and
during this era it was common practice throughout the country
for
railroad companies to operate amusement parks to attract
passengers
to their trains and provide an entertainment center for their
employees. Although the Cass family built and then operated
Electric Park for its first twenty years of its existence, the
park
reached its heyday under the leadership and promotion of R. E.
Peterson. Eventually, Peterson bought the park in 1922 and ran
it
as a family business. Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern
(WCF&N) Railroad, or the "Cedar Valley Road." The company
was
founded as a Waterloo horse car line in 1885. By 1914 it
extended
from Cedar Rapids to Waverly, with both freight and passenger
service powered by electricity. Passengers could make the
60-mile
trip from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids in 1917 in an hour and 45
minutes. Freight took approximately three hours over the same
route. The WCF& N continued its passenger service between
Waterloo and Cedar Rapids until 1956. The company eventually
became
part of the Illinois Central Railroad, which later abandoned
the
track between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids. Iowa Rails to Trails,
Inc., a nonprofit corporation that acquires abandoned railroad
right-of-ways and converts them to nature trails, has developed
the
52-mile Cedar Valley Nature Trail. It is PVC pipe 8 long 2 wide
with camo on it. Parking is available at this coordinates N 42
31.190 W 092 23.794
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