Sowbelly Stash Traditional Cache
elversonhiker: CCP&R would like this cache archeived and has been non comunicating about placing any more caches.
Related Web Page
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
A 30 cal. Ammo Can hidden in Warwick Park. This cache was placed
with the permission of Chester County Parks and Recreation. If you
park at the recommended parking area you will have an enjoyable one
mile walk to the cache.However a shorter walk is possible if you
park on Mount Pleasant Road.
*** Permission has been granted to extend cache until June
2012
 |
This cache was placed with the permission of
Chester
County Parks & Recreation Department. All caches must have
the permission of Chester County Parks and Recreation Department.
Please follow all Chester County Parks and Recreation Rule and
Regulations. Parks are open year-round, 8 am to sunset. Dogs
are permitted on a 6' leash. Hunting may take place within the
parks during applicable hunting seasons. For more information on
Chester County Parks and contact information, please visit http://www.chesco.org/ccparks. |
Recommended Parking Co ordinates: 40 N 10.500 075 W 42.984
The SOWBELLY STASH is intended to be a family friendly cache. If
searching during hunting season please be aware that hunting with
permission is allowed in the park and you should be wearing orange
clothing! In 1880 the quarry at St Peters was opened by Davis
Knauer and continued in operation by his family until the 1970s.
There were two rail lines that serviced both his iron mines and the
quarry. The main line, the Wilmington and Northern Railroad came in
from Elverson to the west and was known locally as “the
BOAR’S BACK” and gave long service to the growing
industry and is now used as part of the Horse Shoe Trail. A second
railroad line, built to transport Knauer’s granite
“Belgian Block” paving stones to Philadelphia and also
in conjunction with his newly built “Excursion House”
hotel (today known as St Peters Inn) was the Delaware and Lancaster
railroad company line, known as “the SOWBELLY RAILROAD”
for its undulating ride. This line was built eastward from St
Peters to the “milk train” spur in Kimberton (see photo
of station in gallery) that ran from Phoenixville south to Byers.
Rails were placed in 1890, however the Sowbelly was defunct in four
years. The cache is hidden close to the route the Sowbelly traveled
through what is now Warwick Park. July 2008: Anyone interested in
purchasing a new book on the history of the Sowbelly can send me an
e-mail and I will send you the contact person's name.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Pybfre cnexvat pna or sbhaq ng abegu sbhegl qrterrf, gra cbvag guerr friragl naq jrfg friragl svir qrterrf, sbhegl bar cbvag rvtug mreb svir.
Treasures
You'll collect a digital Treasure from one of these collections when you find and log this geocache:
Loading Treasures