Yellowstone Trail - Fon Du Lac's Lighthouse Multi-cache
Yellowstone Trail - Fon Du Lac's Lighthouse
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This multi takes you first to Fon Du Lac's lighthouse, in Lakeside Park on the shores of Lake Winnebago, and then to the Supple Marsh. Neither are right on the route of the Yellowstone Trail, but Lakeside Park was no doubt visited by Yellowstone Trail travelers. To follow the route of the trail through Fon du lac, just stay on what is now marked as highway 175.
At the coordinates above, you will find a four story lighthouse. If you like, you can enter the lighthouse, and climb to the top for a view of Fon du lac and Lake Winnebago. You will see the Supple Marsh area to your west, where the cache is hidden.
Then go to the Supple Marsh, and find the cache at these coordinates: (The cache is near, but not in the dog park.)
43.48.ABC
88.27.DEF
A = 0
B = The number of first story windows on the lighthouse, including the door window - 4
C = The third digit of the year the lighthouse was saved
D = The third digit of the year the lighthouse was built
E = The fourth digit of the year the lighthouse was built
F = The number of sides of the lighthouse - 2
This is one of several caches I have placed along the route of the historic Yellowstone Trail. The trail is a historic motor route that went across Wisconsin from 1918 to 1930. The Wisconsin portion of the Yellowstone Trail is 406 miles long, starting at the state line south of Kenosha and going north, and then west to Hudson. The Wisconsin segment is just a part of one of America’s first transcontinental auto routes, a 3,754-mile long road that started in Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts and went to Puget Sound, Washington.
More information on the Yellowstone Trail, including maps can be found at
(visit link)
October 22, 2005 update: In the 1920's many towns along the Yellowstone Trail had a representative known as a “Trailman”, whose duties included providing information to travelers along the way. In the 1919 Yellowstone Trail route folder, Trailmen were described as being “…businessmen of standing in their communities, and will always be glad to welcome tourists and serve them in any reasonable manner.” Marc54140 has offered to serve as the trailman for the Yellowstone caches in Winnebago and Fon Du Lac counties.
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