At the foot of the Elk Traditional Cache
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Located near Uniondale, PA. Terrain is listed as 2 due to increased difficulty during winter months; should be easier otherwise. Cache is located close to parking!
Eastern elk once ranged statewide, but colonization and exploitation by European settlers eventually led to the species’ demise. Prior to the arrival of European immigrants, elk were found from northern New York to central Georgia. Pennsylvania’s largest elk concentrations are believed to have been in the Allegheny Mountains. Elk, or wapitis as they were called by native Americans, were doggedly pursued wherever they could be found in colonial Penn’s Woods. They were chased with dogs, jack-lighted, tracked whenever snow provided a trail, and shot on sight.
Elk were exterminated in southeastern Pennsylvania and rare west of the Allegheny River and in the Blue Ridge and Cumberland mountains by the opening of the nineteenth century. By the late 1840s, they were gone in the southwestern Pennsylvania and from the Pocono Plateau. By the 1850s, what remained of Pennsylvania's once mighty elk population was limited to sections of northcentral Pennsylvania, predominantly in Cameron, Elk and McKean counties (Kosack, 2007).
However, in Susquehanna County, there has been a particular Elk, witnessed my many, since 1959. Many have come appreciate its fickle nature, as this elk can be as friendly as a bunny, or as ruthless as an icy, driven mogul. Despite his orneryness, whenever you are at your lowest, this elk might just give you a lift!
Kudos to those who seek this creature, and especially to those who dare the elements in winter and post pictures of themsevles in the appropriate expedition garb with gps in hand and the Elk in the background. Cache is small, so small TB’s/coins are welcome-and encouraged. Thanks!
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