Ferryland 1858 to 1867 Traditional Cache
Rattlingcrew: I'll archive this listing for a few weeks. Three keyholders have disappeared here this last month. Too bad, as I like the history of the location. Glen
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Nice level sidewalk, you could wheel right up here and snag this one out of a wheelchair.
You are looking for a magnetic keyholder. It only contains a logbook, so bring your own writing instrument.
This area is rich in history, there is another cache in the nearby Founder's Park. This is the site of the first free ferry across the Smoky Hill River. Check out the marker just to the west of the cache.
There used to be an oak grove that travlers would camp in to get out of the weather, either wind or heat, before ferrying their belongings across the river or while waiting for high waters to subside. That oak grove is now known as Oakdale park.
Just to the north of here, where the Phoenix Motel now sits, used to be a large livery stable and blacksmith shop, along the west side of the old flour mill.
The river looks like it flows a lot of water, but actually it is juat a very slow moving pond. The City of Salina has been battling silt problems ever since the flood control project was completed. The City was ravaged several times throughout history by floods, not since the completion of the flood control levees and cutoff channel.
This was once a slow moving river, except for at high water times, then it screamed through town, flowing over the banks and causing massive damage. Now we have it choked down so bad, there is no longer a bridge here. It looks like a bridge, but if you pay close attention, you will quickly discover that it is no more than a culvert.
Up into the sixties you could rent row boats, motorboats or paddleboats from a long dock near the Salina Journal Building on 4th Street. Those days are long gone, the once ferocious river is now nothing more than a crawdad pond. Enjoy!
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