What Is It Worth? Traditional Cache

The cache is a small micro that only contains a log book, so bring your own pencil.

Frequently today it takes time and effort to appreciate true milestones in the history of our country.  What is it worth to salvage gems of a past generation, and what can we still learn from that history?

The Great Depression was felt in Sheridan, Wyoming, just as it was across the rest of the nation.  A part of President Roosevelt's Administration was a program called the Works Progress Administration (WPA).  Many people, who were left unemployed by the Great Depression, were put to work by the WPA in the construction of roads and public buildings across the country.  This Pavilion at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds is a visible result of some of the accomplishments of those struggling days in the 1930's.

There was nothing "good" about those "good old days", other than people working together with government to help build many of the structures we too often take for granted today.  Although Sheridan's Pavilion is consistent with the design of many others built by the WPA, it is unique in that it was framed out of stone, rather than wood.  Thanks to the priorities of our local government, Sheridan has chosen to salvage one of our Depression Era gems by restoring the old landmark.  While it would have been a small matter to doze the building to the ground and replace it with a modern structure, the Pavilion will serve many more generations as a silent reminder of our heritage, and how hard our predecessors worked to humbly earn their way during a difficult time.