Skip to content

WildRide326 Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/13/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

I Scream, You scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream. Nothing like a good rodeo to start a summer.


These Caches are designed to be walked or by horseback, there are a lot of roads to do small or large sections. Cache Wildride 1 and Wildride189 are Large Caches, The rest are small so bring a writing stick. The Eletric fence by the hiway and lower Farson cutoff road has lots of gates and should be kept closed to keep cows from roads, Pack water, and food, A few Thanks to BLM, The University of Wyoming, and A Surveyor Company, and BOR for allowing us to place these caches, Enjoy and Have FUN!


Wyoming was admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890 and was the 44th State.

The Bucking Horse and Rider (BH&R) is a registered trademark of the U.S. state of Wyoming. In 1936, Wyoming trademarked the image for the state's license plates. However, the state's usage of the logo is traced back to as early as 1918.  Wyoming is popularly known as the "Cowboy State," in part because of the use of the bucking bronco as its symbol. The University of Wyoming at Laramie athletic teams are nicknamed the Cowboys and Cowgirls, both of which use the bucking horse and rider logo on their uniforms.

Uniforms for the Wyoming National Guard serving in Europe during World War I featured the horse and rider symbol. First Sergeant George N. Ostrom of E Battery, 3rd Battalion, 148th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) 91st Division, AEF is credited with designing the insignia. According to references in military records of the 91st. Division, Ostrom manipulated a horse into the Army named Red Wing which he had bought near Crow Agency, Montana into the Army remuda with the assistance of Army Horse Purchasing Officer Chester Cotton of Sheridan. Once the soldiers and the horse reached the post outside Cheyenne, Major Louabaugh selected the horse as his mount only to have it start bucking when the two bears used as mascots entered the parade ground. Chester Cotton and George Ostrum were detailed to remedy the horse's behavior, but Ostrum used his memory of the event to win a slogan contest for the unit once in Europe. The horse Red Wing survived World War I and was retired to a stable in France. The concept that the horse in the image was Steamboat is thought to have developed with familiarity with the famous bucking horse near Cheyenne and the fact that few civilians actually saw the event pictured by Ostrum. Incident was documented with citations in the book Where Rivers Run North by Sam Morton (Sheridan Historical Society and 91st Division archives). The slogan "Powder River - Let Er Buck" was used as Red Wing bucked with the Army major, and was taken into the trenches as a password and counter password by troops from that unit in Europe. Descendants of those soldiers are still serving with the Wyoming National Guard in 2014.  The silhouette of the horse and rider is still in use today on uniforms of the Wyoming National Guard soldiers. The historical record is unclear if, as some claim, the horse and rider represent the legendary rodeo bronco "Steamboat," the "horse that couldn't be ridden."

Clayton Danks, a Nebraska native who died in 1970 in Thermopolis, Wyoming,  is believed to be the cowboy on the Bucking Horse and Rider model. He rode Steamboat in the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo in 1909

• State emblem: Bucking Horse and Rider   
• State nicknames: Equality State; Cowboy State; Big Wonderful Wyoming
• State sport: Rodeo
• State bird: Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
• State fish: Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki)
• State flag: Flag of the State of Wyoming
• State flower: Wyoming Indian paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia)
• State gemstone: Wyoming nephrite jade
• State mammal: American Bison (Bison bison)
• State motto: Equal Rights
• State reptile: Horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi brevirostre)
• State seal: Great Seal of the State of Wyoming
• State song: Wyoming (song) by Charles E. Winter & George E. Knapp
• State tree: Plains Cottonwood (Populus sargentii)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ebpx ba!!!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)