The Lost Civilization of Koro Traditional Cache
The Lost Civilization of Koro
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This cache is a part of a series highlighting Winnebago County’s “Lost Civilizations”. It was formerly part of the The Quest for Lost Civilizations (GC22CJE) series, which has now been archived.
Koro was a once busy center for a booming farm community. Visitors and residents alike once took pleasure in the lapping sounds of the nearby creek, participated in competitions hosted by the Koro Calf Club, sold their dairy products to the local creamery, attended the Koro Evangelical Church to enjoy the gospel sounds of its choir and Christmas programs, enjoyed the firecrackers at the Fourth of July celebrations in the oak grove in back of the hill near the school, or gathered for the lively temperance meetings of the Good Templars and weekly practices of the Koro Band at Koro Hall. The community was also home to a blacksmith shop and post office that operated from 1850 to 1903.
But, by 1957, the only remnants of this once populous center were the creamery. The school was closed. Koro Hall was quiet. The church sold the building in 1932. And the creek had been reduced to an occasional trickle from farming. Today, the small country roads have been expanded into county and state highways and even the creamery is gone, although the building still stands.
The cache is pill bottle with my usual camo hidden within the right of way just off public hunting grounds. There is no need to venture into the hunting land more than a few feet off the road, but be aware of the potential hunters in season.
*The Geocache Notification Form has been submitted to the Oshkosh office of the Wisconsin DNR. Geocaches placed on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource managed lands require permission by means of a notification form. Please print out a paper copy of the notification form, fill in all required information, then submit it to the land manager. The DNR Notification form and land manager information can be obtained at:http://www.wi-geocaching.com/hiding
*** CONGRATS to 2boyz for being the First Official Discoverer of Koro (and to PuzzleJunkie...I mean Code Junkie for being the first to discover but not logging it because of some puzzle only plan).
*** Additional CONGRATS to geolivestrong for find #1300 in Koro.
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