The last of the 150 challenge coins was given out at 11:30am Sunday May 2nd. Thank you all for participating!
This Geocache is part of an annual Geocache Challenge put on by the Heritage Program at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area as part of our outreach to the public, to get people to explore their forest and their history, and to share the unique heritage of the families from Between the Rivers.
This Geocache is part of the “2021 Land Between the Lakes Heritage Geocache Challenge: The Civil War in Stewart County”. There are 6 geocaches placed in Stewart County in Land Between the Lakes related to the Civil War Heritage of the area. If you locate each geocache, and collect a numbered aluminum tree tag from each cache, you can turn them in at the Golden Pond Visitor Center for one of 150 Challenge Coins created for this event.
The Geocache is a 6” x 6” orange watertight plastic box marked “Heritage Geocache” on the top. The geocache is placed but under a log.
The Picket Loop
Several clashes occurred between Union and Confed-erate troops the day prior to the February 6, 1862 assault of Forts Heiman and Henry.
Today, a Forest Service maintained trail makes a loop around the area where the Blue and Grey each had their pickets: places of assigned patrol or occupation for a unit or squad. This loop also passes by several home sites from both the 1930s and 1960s.