OAHT 1724: Henry Schufeldt
This Geocache is part of the 2017 Oconomowoc Area Historical Tour:
We have picked Twenty Five locations that we feel highlight the unique Oconomowoc, Delafield, Nashotah, Summit, Golden Lake, Concord and Sullivan areas.
To earn a Geocoin, teams must pick up a 2017 Oconomowoc Area Historical Tour Booklet from the Oconomowoc Area Historical Society & Museum or download the booklet at:
http://www.oconomowochistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/The-2017-Oconomowoc-Passport-will-be-posted-on-July-22-1.pdf
Collect 25 points as detailed in the booklet.
Please remember to record the CODE WORD in your booklet from this cache in your 2017 Oconomowoc Area Historical Tour Booklet
**There is no parking available on the road where there cache is located. You’ll need to park a block away and walk to the cache**
Henry Howey Shufeldt (1834-1906) made a fortune as a Chicago distiller.
Shufeldt owned a 40-foot steam launch named “Princess” which was easily recognized on the lake. He found a mineral spring on the grounds on his estate in the early 1880’s, and to avoid the commercialism of bottling the water on his property, he built a pipe under the lake. For many years he send water from a spring on his estate into Oconomowoc to be bottled and sold in Chicago. It was reported that at one point the pipeline had broken when an anchor from a boat landed on the pipe and it was the lake water that filled the pipe which was being bottled and sold.
Close to the area where the cache is located is where the the pipeline for the spring exited. The anchor that broke the pipeline can be seen at the local museum.
Permission for placement by Bryan Spencer - Parks & Forestry Superintendent