Choteau Creek - O.T. #28 Traditional Cache
sdgal: Taking down the Oyate Trail. It's been fun.
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Update: 7/23/14 I wasn't quite sure what to do in this area as the big ole cottonwood that held the "cotton cone" was taken down. Not much left in the area but we did place another container nearby. I couldn't find the code letter that was supposed to be placed in the container so until I can get back out if you will just contact me I will provide the code letter to you.
This is #28 of the Oyate Trail Geocache series. Starting just north of Sioux City, the Oyate Trail follows Highways 50 and 18 along the southern border of South Dakota all the way to Edgemont. There are 110 geocaches spaced approximately every 3 miles along the trail. These caches are numbered from east to west, #1 to #110.
The first 50 geocachers to find and log at least 100 of the 110 caches along the trail are eligible for an Official Oyate Trail Geocaching Coin. To apply for your coin, email Charlie @ saltcamp@gwtc.net with all 100 + codes that you will find in the upper right corner of the cache log. These codes must be in order, #1 to #110 for example: 1D, 2O, 3N, 4T, etc. Include your name and address so if the codes are correct, Charlie can send you your coin.
This cache is located on a small side road called Boundary Road as it lays along the eastern boundary (Choteau Creek) of Charles Mix County. The cache is located with a rare “cottonwood cone” in a location a short distance north of Highway 50.
Choteau Creek figures prominently in the early, old west history of this area. The pioneer location of Choteau Creek Station lays about 14 miles south of this cache at the confluence of Choteau Creek and the Missouri River. The station was a popular stop for three of the four stage lines traveling the Military Road from Yankton to old Fort Randall. It was also an early stop for early paddlewheel boats plying the Missouri from Yankton to Pierre and beyond. The riverboats often carried visitors and supplies for the residents of the Yankton Sioux Reservation. The hotel location at the station had a colorful, but not always good, reputation in the area as it was visited by soldiers, Sioux Indians, pioneers, gold seekers, and other western travelers. Apparently, gambling, intoxication, and other sins of the era were quite common. The hotel building was rented as a farm home in 1970’s and was, unfortunately, destroyed by a fire in 1992.
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