Got Milk? Red Holstein Traditional Cache

Cows have been with us since the early Neolithic period, occupying an important role in our development as a society and culture. This is in tribute to that ubiquitous bovine that has made such an important contribution to the history of the wild, wild, west, including some of histories more famous mavericks .

All caches are along the frontage road and are not accessed from the freeway.

The expression of red colour replacing the black in Holsteins is a function of a recessive gene in the normal black and white Holstein. The trait became more common in the U.S. when animals were imported from Canada in the 1960s. Soon the Red and White Dairy Cattle Association began registry procedures in the United States and thus the Red Holstein was born.

Other than color, the two breeds are virtually the same.

The idea of this series is a community project honoring the Bos among us.

As you drive the road, please feel free to place your own tribute cache to that great animal- the cow.