Steam Wagon – The End Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Heartland Cacher: Greetings I'm Heartland Cacher, one of the volunteer reviewers for caches submitted to Geocaching.com.

I can't find any recent responses from the Cache Owner about maintaining this cache which makes it appear the Cache Owner is either unwilling or unable to maintain the cache. Cache maintenance includes listing maintenance including updating any changes to the text, updating coordinates, removing needs maintenance attributes and enabling the listing. The cache will be archived and removed from the active cache listings.

"If a geocache is archived by a reviewer or staff for lack of maintenance it will not be unarchived."

Thanks for your understanding,
Heartland Cacher
Your friendly Geocaching.com Community Volunteer Reviewer

How to contact me NOTE:Please do not reply by leaving a note on this cache. I am not notified if a note is posted to this cache. If you wish to respond to this message from the geocaching.com mail bot. Go to your cache page and e-mail Heartland Cacher from the log there or email me directly at HeartlandCacher@gmail.com, referencing the cache URL's, or GCxxxx number.

More
Hidden : 11/17/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works
Looking for a different adventure?

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

If you think the first iron horse in Nebraska ran on rails, you are mistaken. Mr. Brown’s remarkable steam wagon claims that honor.

The first self-propelled land vehicle driven west of the Missouri River was invented by Joseph R. Brown of Minnesota. It was manufactured in New York by John A. Reed and arrived in Nebraska City aboard the steamboat West Wind on July 2, 1862. Brown was determined to run a fleet of steamers to the goldfields of Colorado. He planned to run six wagons along the Nebraska City – Fort Kearney Cutoff and to follow the South Platte River to Denver bring supplies to the goldfields of Colorado. After arriving in Nebraska City, the first steam wagon made several excursions around town, to the delight of residents. It had twelve-foot diameter driving wheels and required a crew of three. It could pull four or five wagons. Even before it turned a wheel it had motivated the residents of Otoe County to expend money to build bridges over the Big Blue River and Salt Creek to improve the cut-off.

On July 12, 1862, and with great fanfare, this first steam wagon set out on its maiden voyage to Denver. Unfortunately, it broke down not too far from this cache site. Spare parts were not available; the Civil War was raging, and Brown’s family was under attack in an Indian uprising, as a result the vehicle was abandoned. What was left of it was scavenged for scrape metal during WWI.

You are looking for a one-pint (more or less) container, not an ammo can.

Read about Joseph R. Brown and his steam wagons at two Joseph R. Brown web sites: http://www.jrb.org/index.html and http://jrb.org/joebrown/importancetext.html.

More about the Nebraska City – Fort Kearney Cutoff can be found at this site: http://libr.unl.edu:2000/diggingin/trailsummaries/di.sum.0002.html
And you may want to hunt Contryguy’s “Nebraska City - Fort Kearney Cutoff” (GCTJYC).

Although this cache is not on their property, the owners of the nearby farm think geocaching is neat, are aware of this cache, and will keep an eye on it.

Nebraskache
Hidden by a proud Nebraskache member

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg dhvgr haqre n ebpx, ohg pybfr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


Advertising with Us

Inventory

There are no Trackables in this cache.

View past Trackables

What are Trackable Items?

Bookmark Lists

View all bookmark lists...