Okay! Here is the disclaimer one cacher requested: the "Castle people" enjoy having the cache up and running and have given permission to keep it where it is. The current cache is supplied by Smile Maker, an awesome cacher from Thermopolis, Wyoming. I removed the first cache because I did not want any one misplacing it--and when I retrieved it, there were no names on the log so the first to find is as claimed.
DO BRING APPROPRIATE TOTT (the people will get tired if they have to supply too many paper clips).
If the Castle is on off-hours or off-season, go up to Good Looks Unlimited (where the_knitter_bug lives and works) and claim your bit of Montana/Wyoming history. Knitter_bug's father loved to collect all kinds of military fort gadgetry and memorabilia, and she would like to share it with you. If the Castle is open, just ask Sheryl over at the Castle Office.
Hardy3 was unable to keep the original four-lock up and running long distance, so the Girl Scouts of White Sulphur have made a commitment to unarchive and maintain Sherman’s March. Spoklie (Mary Chapman, a long-time Meagher/Stillwater County resident) and the_knitter_bug (Carol Berg, a long-time Meagher resident and business woman) contacted Hardy3 in the summer of 2017 and asked permission to use the original text of the on-line description, which Hardy3 gladly has given. After some additional discussion of whether or not to change the title of the cache, spoklie and knitter_bug have made the tentative decision to keep it as “Sherman’s March.”
What follows is much of Hardy3’s text:
“I've long thought that this area needed more geocaches and this is at least a start. It is a beautiful area and steeped in history.
You have probably heard of Sherman's March to the Sea through Georgia during the Civil War but have you heard of his cousin's castle in Montana? [Sherman was born in Moriah, New York in 1841, and was-named for his grandfather, Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Byron was also the cousin of the another famous American, the Civil War general, William Tecumseh Sherman.] B R Sherman was a local business man who made a fortune during the early Montana gold rush days, made his own march through Montana, and built a castle here. He was a cousin of the Civil War era General W T Sherman.
Familiarly known as "The Castle", this stone mansion was built by B R Sherman, stockman and mine owner in 1892. The grey stone structure has long been a landmark on its hilltop overlooking the town of White Sulphur Springs. The Castle was donated in 1960 to the Meagher County Historical Association and is now a museum open to the public. The museum is open daily for tours from Memorial Day to Labor Day from 10:00 am to 5:00. [Additional information on Byron Roger Sherman is available at http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMWM5B_Sherman_Byron_R_House_White_Sulphur_Springs_MT].”
Submitted in honor of National Hide-a-Cache Day, June 27, 2018.