The area that today is still referred to as Coloma Corners
wasn't always tagged with that name. Ross Corners was reportedly
the original name of the area, supposedly named after the local
postmaster. The name of the town was later changed to Coloma
(Coloma Corners) as the railroad was set to pass through the area.
The eventual passing of the railroad about four miles to the east,
through the current Village of Coloma, led to an eventual demise of
the fledgling little community known as Ross Corners.
At this point I have been unable to locate the name of the Ross
Corners Postmaster; however, I was able to locate a couple of
headstones with the Ross surname at nearby Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Taking my best guess as to which of these fellows was the
postmaster (if one indeed was) is based on the year of death and
the year of the railroad going through Coloma Station (1875).
The posted coordinates will take you to the Pleasant Hill
Cemetery and the headstone of one William F. Ross. Let Mr. Ross'
date of death be established as AB/CD/EFGH. Your next stop is in
downtown Ross Corners at waypoint #2. There you will locate the
green street sign that gives you the name of the Avenue that runs
east and west. The number of letters (a 2 digit number) in that
avenue name will be established as the letter "I". To locate the
final you will travel to N 44 0(A+2).(I-5)30 W089
3(B-2).(F-1)(H+3)2.
This series is being developed to call attention to interesting
tidbits from the history of Waushara County. While multicaches are
sometimes frowned upon by some cachers, I am hoping that these
multicaches will be viewed as fairly easy to navigate. My intent is
to pass some interesting information on to the cacher and for them
to find the cache without too much difficulty.