Green Bay Trail #2 Traditional Cache

You are looking for a small black Bison tube (about inch and a half long) with a green Geocaching sticker on it. Hung on a branch in plane view (when you are in the right place to see it).

Please put back where it was found. Don't forget to bring a pencil or pen.

Visit my sister cache "Green Bay Trail #1" to see the route on the South side of Milwaukee by the airport (https://coord.info/GC6YZYE).

Milwaukee County Park Permit Number 545

Green Bay Trail (Road) History:
First there were small animal trails. This was followed by deer and larger animals using the same trails. Later on, the Native Americans found these deer trails and used them to more easily get around the forest. As time went on, trappers and traders used the trails on foot and with their horses. Early settlers found the same trails and widened them to accommodate their carts and buggies. The small animal trail now became makeshift dirt road. The trail system was used by many people making their first land trek into the Wisconsin Territory from the city of Chicago. The military eventually decided there should be a maintained road (or trail) from Fort Dearborn in Chicago to Fort Howard in Green Bay. The trail now became a road. The road you see next to you (Green Bay Ave) is a portion of this road. It was the first road in this area. It was also one of the first roads acknowledged by the Federal Government in this area. At one point there were markers laid every two miles from Chicago to Green Bay along this road. You can still find some standing along the route. - The Closet Historian

Below are photos of two markers that still stand between Racine and Kenosha along Hwy 31. If you look to the West about 200 feet from the cache, you will see the only marker still standing in Milwaukee County. Enjoy, take a photo, share.

PS: If for any reason you happen to see the marker damaged or removed, please contact me or the Milwaukee County Historical Society so it can be salvaged. Thank you.