This geocache is part of the Visit Norfolk Area Nebraska GeoTour:
Forty geocaches have been hidden throughout Norfolk and the surrounding area that give you a taste of what the region has to offer!
To earn a geocoin (with matching travel tag), pick up a Visit Norfolk Area Nebraska GeoTour Passport from the Norfolk Area Visitors Bureau at 609 W. Norfolk Avenue in Norfolk, NE. Passports may also be downloaded. Collect 40 points as detailed in the passport to claim your geocoin (first-come, first-served and while supplies last). Click here to visit our website and download your passport!
Remember to record the code word from this cache in your GeoTour Passport!
GeoTour Stop #12: "Norfork"
On July 17, 1866, a three-train caravan of prairie schooners, carrying 44 German families from Ixonia and Watertown, Wisconsin arrived at the junction of the Elkhorn and North Fork valleys where they were attracted by the rich land open for settlement. These pioneers were joined by others from Wisconsin, and formed the community that later became Norfolk.
In 1881, the settlers organized the Village of “North Fork”, named after the river, but suggested “Norfork” as the simplest compounding of “North Fork”. Postal authorities, thinking the word had been misspelled, changed the spelling to “Norfolk”. Most locals continue to pronounce the city name as "Norfork" to this day.
Geocache Info: You are looking for a bison tube. This cache is available 24/7. Permission was granted for this cache placement.
