St. Paul Lutheran Church - O.T. #8 Traditional Cache
St. Paul Lutheran Church - O.T. #8
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This is # 8 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 at this address: 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.
Just to the north is an historical marker that has room for parking so you can stay well off the road. The marker is for a church located a mile west of this spot. This church, the first Lutheran church and congregation in the Dakota Territory, was established on August 12, 1863 in the Brule community, five miles north of Elk Point This area, now Brule Township, was settled mostly by Norwegians. "Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation by Brule Creek" was the original name chosen for the church, but it was changed in 1866 to "The St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Dakota." In August, 1868, Pastor J. N. Nessa was offered the job of permanent pastor, which he accepted. The parishioners built a log church in 1868, graduated to a wooden church in 1877 and finally moved into the present brick edifice in 1922.
Cache is a micro with a log. Be sure to copy the code before you leave.
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