Key Stone Traditional Geocache
GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.
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Cache is an ammo box hidden along Sloway Frontage Rd at the remains of a concrete bridge built by the Milwaukee Railroad in 1907. This find will require a short scramble to reach but will still be in sight of the parking area.
Sloway Frontage Road is accessible from Interstate 90 exits 37 and 43. You can be E or W bound, take whichever exit you come to first, find this cache and others placed nearby, and return to the interstate at the next exit.
This cache is named for the historical town of Keystone that was once at the end of this dirt road. With the discovery of silver in the area, this town site was platted in 1887 and was originally named O'Rourke. By 1888 there were 500 inhabitants in the area. In 1890 the town was resurveyed and renamed Carter after Tom Carter, a Montana U.S. Senator who assisted in getting a post office for the town. Silver dropped in price in 1893, resulting in the downfall of the town and the post office closed. A few years later the price of silver rose and the town flourished, renamed Keystone after a mine in the area (by this time there was another town named Carter in Montana). The Keystone Post Office lasted from 1913 to 1925. It was quite a lively spot from the recollection of those who knew it "when". So typical of mining towns, when the ore went, so did the people. Presently, all that is left of this town is the evidence of a few foundations.
Information courtesy of the Mineral County Historical Society.
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