**Please note: The original ammo can has been muggled. Cache has been replaced with a different type that should blend in better with the surroundings. There is also now a special marking pen (in lieu of the punch) to check this location off of your card.**
Norfolk Livestock Sales Company
After WWI was over, men were coming home and farmers needed a place to sell livestock. The Norfolk Livestock Sales Company opened in 1919 to do just that. At one time, in terms of livestock sold, it was the largest auction market in the world! The auction house had many different owners but thrived and at times running over 750,000 head of livestock through the ring in just one year! Since announcing the suspension of sales in 2015, the once booming 82 acre facility is now nothing more than a skeleton of what was once one of the highest ranked suction houses in the nation.
2016 marks the 150th Anniversary of Norfolk's founding. The celebration continues though the end of the year! 16 geocaches have been placed at historic locations around Norfolk. You are invited to "Uncover Norfolk's Past . . . One Cache At A Time". Each cache contains a punch specific to that location (DO NOT REMOVE PUNCH FROM CACHE). Sign the cache log and then use the punch to mark your game card for that location. Game cards are available at the Norfolk Visitor's Bureau (609 W Norfolk Ave) and at the Dover office (1000 W Norfolk Ave). When you have completed the trail and filled your card, you can turn it in for a commemorative Norfolk 150 Geocoin (while supplies last)!
If you complete the trail and turn in your game card prior to September 23rd, 2016, you will also be entered into a drawing for a brand new 50" flatscreen TV to be given away at Norfolk's Oktoberfest celebration on September 24th!! You need not be present to win the TV and no purchase is necessary. The Norfolk 150 Trail will be open through DECEMBER 31st, 2016!
Permission has been granted for placement of this cache. Please be respectful of the area and use stealth when necessary.
Good luck and we'll see you on the trail!