John Coulter was one of the hunters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Prior to the progress of the Captains and the main party past this island on Sept 24, 1804 Coulter had been on the island, killed and cached four elk to be picked up and used as "pervisions". This event is documented in the expedition journals.
Go to Farm Island through Farm Island State Recreation Area. There may be user fee in the summer. Use the main entrance and drive past the camping area across the causeway and onto the Island parking lot at N44°20.246', W100°16.479'.
Proceed on foot along trails to the cache area. (about 45 minutes one way) The trails may be man made or game trails.
You may see or hear small game along the way. Pheasants, ducks, beaver, deer, racoon and other critters are abundant and interesting enough to slow your progress.
The cache is 10 yards or less from the trail in dead timber. As you approach.The faint trail you are following will be blocked by a deadfall.
After reading the comments of a cache finder we revisited the site to do some maintenance. The Cache now contains a whistle, costume jewelry, and a bundle of reduced sized $20 bills (for use in a small town of course) and other items left by a cacher. Hopfully I have fixed the leakage problem. Please sign the log book and hang the leaky end of the cache down.
The cache hangs from a dead tree branch, surrounded by a small American Willow tree, a small Russian Olive tree and just east of a small patch of Canadian thistles. Sort of an international garden, right?
Other advice for out of towners: Wear long sleeves, use plenty of heavy duty insect repellent during the summer, If you are an evening cacher allow at least 2 hours or more of daylight.
Note that the map in your gps may show you walking on water as it did on our Garmin III+ . Not true. You can use trails until you get close to the site.
Good Hunting...............
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