Welcome to Caldwell, South Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/18/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Caldwell was founded in 1871 on the Chisholm Trail as an economic adventure of a group of Wichita entrepreneurs. The Trail, running from Texas to the intercontinental Railroad in northern Kansas, guided over a million longhorn steers and their guardian cowboys through the town.

Caldwell was a place of cowboys, saloons, gambling and violence. It had a high murder rate and lost more law enforcement officers than other more famous cowtowns. Since it was the first town north of Indian Territory, cowboys went wild in the untamed "Border Queen City" after months on the dusty and treacherous trail. Gunfights, showdowns, hangings and general hell-raising were commonplace.

Caldwell was also a starting point for the famous Cherokee Strip Land Run when Oklahoma Territory was opened for homesteaders to stake land claims.

The town's past is acknowledged with a life-sized silhouette of a trail cattle drive. It in on the bluff 2 miles south of town, on the east side, on Highway 81 on the actual Chisholm Trail.

Parking is available off the highway. This may be found by wheelchair, but I would not recommend it.
Please bring a pen to log this find.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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