This cache is placed on the private property of a personal friend
of mine with his knowledge and permission. It is in the inner city,
so take care when visiting the cache! A flashlight might be a good
idea even during the day! This cache is located on a property that
has the 3rd oldest house still on it's original site in the state.
There are older buildings in this state located on the Old World
Wisconsin grounds, but they have been moved there. Behind this
house is a bridge tenders house that was moved from it's original
site on the Wells Street bridge downtown Milwaukee. It was used as
an artist's studio by J.P. Raniere, one of the owners of this
property, who died last year. His friend, Jeff Hicks, still lives
on this site.
Behind the bridge tenders house is a small chapel, built in the
early 1980's, in a style that is reminiscent of the 1400's in
Europe. Inside this chapel, underneath the floor, J.P. is burried.
He was a Fransiscan Frair, and Jeff was able to get special
permission from the city to bury him there. Behind the chapel used
to be a large barn that housed a blacksmith's shop that had to be
torn down in the 1980's also.
Scattered throughout the property are archetectual pieces saved
from various razed buildings including the old Iron Block building
on Water and Wisconsin, which itself was renovated in the early
1980's. A large vine growing behind the bridge tenders house yeilds
grapes that Jeff makes his own wine with. There are dozens of
different species of trees growing on this property also. All in
all, this is a place you will not soon forget, once you have
visited it.
The cache is a small tin box with old stamped postcards, a log
book, and a pen in it, so bring only different postcards to place
in it, or something of that size and nature.