Stone Staircase Traditional Cache

This cache is located half way between the water front and Bemidji State College. Houses overlooking this area were originally built by the lumber barons who made their fortune from the white pine. In the hey day Paul Bunyan worked for most of the people who lived on this street.

Chief Bemidji’s real name was Shay-now-ish-kung, which is an Ojibwe word meaning "rattler’ or "one who makes a jingling sound". He was born near Inger, Minnesota in 1833 or 1834, and lived a long time in the Leech Lake and Cass Lake area. Chief Bemidji was a soft-spoken, friendly and well-liked Indian. He was the leader of about fifty Indian people who had settled in this area earlier he was the "Chief Indian" or spokesman for the group and was respected by all. Shay-now-ish-kung purchased the first bill of lumber sold in Bemidji, for flooring in his bark house, from the Joe Steidle mill and paid for it with moose meat.