History of Buckhorn SP: Hornburg Farm Traditional Cache
History of Buckhorn SP: Hornburg Farm
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Buckhorn State Park is located on Castle Rock Flowage, a 13,955 acre flowage of the Wisconsin River. Castle Rock Lake is the fourth largest inland lake in Wisconsin. The lake was created between 1949 and 1951 when the Wisconsin River Power Company completed a dam on the Wisconsin River eight miles northeast of Mauston for hydro-electric power production. Flood control and recreational opportunities were also residual benefits the power company envisioned in the dam and flowage development. Prior to the construction of the dam the villages of Werner and Germantown occupied the land that is now Buckhorn State Park and Castle Rock Lake. This series of caches will give you some history of the area prior to the flooding and creation of the lake. This is the location of the Elmer Hornburg Farm. When the lumberjacks exhausted the abundance of white pine in the 1890s, they moved out and the farmers moved in. The farmers found that they couldn't raise an abundance of profitable crops with the exception of hay due to the sandy soil. During this time, the farmers' cows depended on the brushy habitat for food, which caused a dramatic loss of wildlife habitat. In 1932, a fire swept through parts of Germantown and the northern part of Werner. Most of the farms and crops in the area burnt to the ground. This caused a dramatic decrease in population, as people started moving out of the area. Their minds were focused not only on the loss of their property and belongings but also on the rumor of two dams and two huge lakes being built in the area. You are searching for a regular sized container with a log book, pencil and room for small trade items. Parking is available in a camper lot with a short walk required from the parking lot. This road is not plowed in the winter. A current Wisconsin State Parks sticker is required to park a vehicle in any part of the park at any time of year. Come prepared for mosquiteoes in the summer months! WDNR Geocache Notification Form 2500-118 has been submitted to and approved by Heather Wolf, Property Manager at Buckhorn State Park. Please note that any geocache placed on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resouce managed lands requires permission by means of this notification form. If you intend to place a cache on WDNR managed lands, please print out a paper copy of the notification form, fill in all required information, then submit it to the respective land manager.
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