Where the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plain Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Chuck Walla: Hello OleKim,

Geocaching HQ flagged this cache as one that may need attention and sent you an email about it. Some time after that, I disabled your cache and requested that you check on your cache and perform any necessary maintenance. Since you have not responded to my reviewer log about your cache by posting a note to your cache page to tell me and others of your intention to address the issue with it, the cache has been archived at the direction of Geocaching HQ.

Sincerely,

Chuck Walla
Community Volunteer Reviewer
Geocaching.com

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Hidden : 11/16/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was placed to mark the 103rd birthday of the 46th State. Parking is nearby, but it may take a couple of minutes to track this one down. Log only; bring your own pen. This cache is "trucker friendly."

The name of this state comes from a Choctaw phrase meaning red people. A chief suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations with the federal government regarding the use of Indian Territory, in which he envisioned an all-Indian state.

Evidence exists that native peoples traveled through here as early as the ice age, and both Spaniards and the French explored here. It became part of the U.S. in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. During the 19th century, thousands of Native Americans were expelled from their ancestral homelands from across North America and transported to the area. By 1890, more than 30 Native American nations and tribes had been concentrated on land within this "Indian Country." Although a sad time in American history, the presence of these cultures give this state a rich heritage.

From 1866-1899, cattle ranches in Texas strove to meet the demands for food in eastern cities and railroads in Kansas promised to deliver in a timely manner. Cattle trails and cattle ranches developed as cowboys drove their product north. One of the more notable ones is the Great Western Trail, located approximately 10 miles west of GZ.

The territory was opened for settlement in 1899 and a number of "land runs" and lotteries allowed homesteaders to stake their claim for a better life. The territory was finally granted statehood in 1907.

We are famous for many things: rodeos and Route 66, quarterhorses and Miss America, astronauts and aviators, oil and wheat, Will Rogers, Garth Brooks, Mickey Mantle and Jim Thorpe.

Welcome to our great state!

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