This cache series was inspired by Trickworm's Pony Creek
caches...
PATRICK says "Please Post some Photos so we can see the
creek in all four seasons"
SILVER CREEK ROAD
TOUR
This little series of six caches will take
you on a tour of some of the bridges crossing Silver Creek as it
meanders thru Wabash and Huntington Counties in rural Indiana,
before emptying into the Wabash River via a 150 year old stone
culvert.
SILVER
CREEK
The "Payment Grounds" at the Forks of the Wabash has the
following legend associated with it and with the naming of Silver
Creek. At payment time in the early 1840’s, officials of the Wabash
& Erie Canal would come to the "Payment Grounds" carrying boxes
filled with silver coin to pay the laborers building the canal. One
day while stopping for lunch a "hanger on" named Ferguson saw that
they were not being watched. He seized one of the boxes and hid it
in Woodworth's Creek, covering it with a stone.
Almost immediately, the box was missed, and Ferguson accused
of stealing it. When he claimed innocence, they threatened to drown
him. Finally realizing that they meant it, he confessed, the box
was found and returned. Ferguson was let go with the understanding
that he would leave the community. The creek was called Silver
Creek in rememberance of that time.
--From The Forks To Paradise - Canal
Society of Indiana 1996 Spring Tour guide
Culvert No. 45 was built to allow Woodsworth(Silver) Creek to
pass under the Wabash & Erie Canal. Originally built of timber,
a semi circle of 24” chord, it was replaced in the 1850’s or 60’s
by the existing dressed stone arches.
LOOKING UPSTREAM
LOOKING DOWNSTREAM
Cache is in the ROW. You do NOT have to
stand on the road bed of the bridge or on the road to search for or
retrieve the cache container.Be VERY careful. DO NOT
JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE HEADFIRST INTO THE WATER. Park with extreme
caution. The container is a plastic spice jar,nope changed to a
peanut butter jar; make sure the lid is on TIGHT. HINT may be a
SPOILER. God Bless our Troops fighting overseas.
DON'T BE FOOLED BY CHEAP
IMITATIONS!! None genuine without SixDogTeam seal. Digital
photographs taken by Lead Dog, copyright 2005 by RikSu Outfitters
unless otherwise noted.
