You will have to cross a private RR Crossing that has an occasional train, this is the property owner's driveway. The property owner lives near the cache location and has given permission to cross the tracks and hunt the cache. They would also like anyone that finds the cache to sign their guest book as well as the geocaching log. You may look around in the barn just treat it like you were the owner of the barn. If the owner or the family are present they may give you a tour of the barn.
This is Nebraska's largest round barn and one of the nation's largest, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 1972.
It was built in 1902-3 at a cost of $25,000 by the four Starke brothers, Conrad, Ernest, Bill, and Chris, who came to Nebraska from Milwaukee. The massive structure measures 130 feet in diameter, with a center silo diameter of 28 feet, a height of 65 feet and has three levels: the bottom for animals, the second for machinery, and the third (or loft) for hay. The entire vertical frame of massive 12 x 12 timbers is held together combining construction methods of balloon framing and heavy timber supports using balanced tensions and stress rather than nails or pegs. The barn is still in use today.
Placed By A Nebraskache Member
