Yellowstone Trail - Oshkosh's Apostle Clock Traditional Cache
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Yellowstone Trail - Oshkosh's Apostle Clock
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The Yellowstone Road passed by the historic home of Edgar Sawyer, a building which now houses the Oshkosh Public Museum. The best known exhibit at the museum is the historic Apostle Clock, which features Jesus and the apostles making an appearance hourly.
Many of the galleries of the Oshkosh Public Museum are located in an English Tudor Revival residence built in 1908 for Edgar P. Sawyer, a lumber baron, banker, and businessman. The home features a gabled roof, fluted chimneys, Bedford stone carriage port, and an elevator. You can visit the grounds of the museum anytime, see the architecture and grab the cache.
But try too visit the museum while it is open to see the Apostle Clock, a unique timepiece. The eight-foot tall Apostle Clock was built in 1895 by Mathias Kitz, a German immigrant. When the clock strikes the hour, the Apostles pass before Christ and bow their heads. Meanwhile, a vintage Regina music box within the clock plays a hymn or melody. The clock is an interesting piece of Wisconsin folk art.
More information on the Oshkosh Public Museum is at:
(visit link)
If following the Yellowstone Trail through Oshkosh, coming from the south, take 175 from Fon Du Lac, to highway 45 (Main Street, then turn northwest on Algoma Blvd.
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.” Marc 54140 has offered to serve as the trailman for the Yellowstone caches in Winnebago and Fon Du Lac counties.
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