09/21/23 - After 20+ years, I'm glad to see people still enjoying this site. In 2005, the main cabin collapsed, so it's fascinating to look at everyone's pictures and see the changes since I first ran across this place all those years ago.
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This site was an old homestead in the Buffalo Gap National
Grasslands, north of the Badland National Park in South Dakota.
This area is very unique, worth a stop on your way to the Black
Hills
I was told by a ranger that this area of South Dakota was opened
for homesteading at the end of the 1800's and that this site was
probably built in the early 1900's. I was told that there are sites
like this all over, each homestead was 160 acres. In fact, the
ranger said someone lived on the site until the late 1960's and the
land became part of the grassland only a couple of years ago. You
can see a tire trough used by cattle ranchers still.
I ran across this place while hiking and thought it was pretty
cool. See if you can find the home and two storage barns. Because
of it's fragile nature, I decide to make this a virtual cache
instead of a normal one; I didn't want someone to get hurt.
Please be respectful of the site and don't disturb
anything.
To get there take I-90 to Exit 121 and go south for a few miles.
Park at: N43 53.047 W120 03.547 (two track road). Be careful if
it's wet, the mud can be very slick. This is all public land so
enjoy yourself. Take some water, it's about a mile hike to the
site. While there's no toy to pick up at this cache, the unique and
historic site is your treasure.