You do NOT need to climb on the caboose and you will need a tweezers and pencil/pen.
The time arrived when a town was needed in this area with a railroad station to serve its settlers. Livestock, supplies, and passengers could be transported more efficiently by train than by horse and wagon. Since Leipzig was an inland town, located near the Antelope Creek, it could no longer exist without railway transportation. It was than that several farmers and businessman of Leipzig decided on the townsite of Shanley, so named by the Northern Pacific Railway Company at the time the station and site were being plotted. In 1910 Shanley mail service required a post office and a petition was sent to the Postal Department in Washington requesting one. It was rejected. The department was unhappy with the name, "Shanley" because it was too similar to Stanley, another town in North Dakota and they felt there could be confusion with the mail. So community leaders held a meeting to come up with a new name. After a CONSIDERABLE amount of discussion, Isadore Gintzler became bored, yawned, and pulled out his "Elgin" watch. A smile crossed his face as he exclaimed without hesitation. ELGIN !! Why don't we call it......Elgin. Everyone liked it. The name was submitted and approved. Elgin's birthdate was May 1, 1910.
This cache is an Elgin clock hidden near the museum area in Elgin.