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The cache is located near Army / Navy Hill in Bradley Park. Summer parking is available at N 45 27.846 W 089 44.165 Winter parking is available at N 45 28.051 W 089 44.432
The cache is a standard ammo can containing a logbook, pen, a Dog Tag Travel Bug and plenty of swag including an LED flashlight for the First To Find. These hills are locally known as Army / Navy Hill. I'm not sure which is which or how they came by that name. I spent time here as a kid with my bicycle and sledding in the winter. The area is probably still frequently used by kids of all ages so watch out for muggles. This area is a part of Tomahawk's beautiful Bradley Park which you'll drive through on the way to summer parking. Tomahawk's founder, William H. Bradley, was born in Bangor, Maine on February 25, 1838 and died in Milwaukee on January 7, 1902. The completion of the final treaty with the Chippewa Indians, by which they agreed to live on reservations at Odanah and Lac Du Flambeau, gave impetus to logging operations in this region. Prior to 1886, the sole mark of civilization was a trading post owned by Germaine Bouchard. After many years of traveling with his father, in 1886, Mr. Bradley organized the Tomahawk Land and Boom Company in connection with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. A dam was built (at the present site of the paper mill) and in 1888 he erected his first Tomahawk Mill. In October 1886, through land grants William Bradley purchased from a Canadian trapper Nazaire Faufau, construction began on the camps of the Tomahawk Land and Boom Company in which Mr. Bradley became the first president. Mr. Bradley had the largest shares in the Marinette - Tomahawk Railway and was instrumental in establishing the first school which later became known as the Kindergarten Building. In 2000, this building became a part of the preservation of Tomahawk's history as an extension of the Tomahawk Historical Museum Complex. Angus Buie, who later became the first mayor of the town, erected the first building in October 1887 and was built of logs. The first frame building was built by C.C. Lincoln in July 1888 (on what is now Rice Avenue). The first store was built in 1887 by John Oelhafen, Sr. and burned on March 6, 1929. In September 1887, Pat and Mike Day built the first hotel "The Somo House". The first doctor, J.D. Cutter, opened his practice on December 19, 1886. The following year the village was laid out to give a civilized community appearance. Mr. Bradley was willing to donate to anyone that was interested in building a church - in which moral character and good values would be established. Mr. Bradley was a man of public spirit, known for his strict integrity and whose word was as good as his bond. In the early days the Indians, who made this area their favorite hunting grounds, named this spot "Tomahawk" which means "made by natures own hands". Tomahawk was incorporated in 1891, during the height of the lumbering boom in Wisconsin, with approximately 2,000 inhabitants - when 60-75 million feet of lumber were produced every year. William Bradley died in 1902 at the age of 64. The township and village of Bradley and the bank he founded once bore his name. Bradley Park, once called "Hog's Back" with 105 picturesque acres of virgin pine within the City, was purchased from the Bradley Company in 1910 for $10,000. The name of the park was later changed to Bradley Park. Adding to the colorful past of the area was the prevelance of "bootlegging" operations. During the depression years, several establishments and farms began illegal liquor operations, some with ties to Al Capone and other mobsters. In 1929, a devastating fire destroyed the Mitchell hotel and eighteen other buildings on the west end of Wisconsin Avenue. Most certainly, it was the spirit of the pioneer families, the heart and soul of the new City, who are responsible for Tomahawk as we know it today. FTF: jlpwrs STF: copperpeak TTF: Tarnyo
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