Sally Back to Sallyards Traditional Cache
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A roadside cache at a ghost town in Greenwood County
As a kid, I can remember seeing Sallyards on the map and thinking what a cool name for a town. I knew a Sally, she had a yard and this town was named for her.
Well, that's about as good a history as any available for this town. My brief survey of Sallyards 2005 shows no residents, nor any buildings. There is a foundation across the street from the cache and the Union Pacific (or possbily the Missouri Pacific) once ran through here although the tracks are long abandoned. About the only thing left of Sallyards I could see were some old cattle chutes, possibly from when the railroad went through and cattle were shipped by rail. There were several small pens, which would be consistent with Sallyards being a shipping point for cattle.
Other facts shows that a G.S. Sallyards lived in Greenwood County during the Civil War and was a known southern sympathizer. A descendent, Win Sallyards was a constable for the South Salem township directly north of Sallyards in 1894. Sallyards had a post office from June 1918 until December 1943. In all probability Sallyards was named after G.S. Sallyards. I could find no population data, nor school data. Perhaps my parents' 1934 World Book will show more.
Two other items of interest: 1. the cache is almost exactly one mile from 54 underview and two miles from 54 overview. It was very tempting to set up the cache as a triangle and have people find it from that information plus the De Lorme atlas showing Sallyards as a place. 2. While this site is peaceful and typical of the Flinthills, the road north from Sallyards is a great, scenic trip into the flinthills toward the origins of the Fall and Verdigris Rivers. Lots of cattle in green, hilly pastures. It is the best route to another cache I am planning at or near the highest point in Greenwood County.
The cache itself is an ammo box, with refrigerator magnets, childrens books, a few coins (mostly Buffalo Nickels) and other irrelevant swag. If you have additional information on the history of Sallyards, whether formal or anecdotal, I would be happy to add it to this site. Maybe I'll wander into the new Eureka library (still in planning/money raising stage) for more info. Two for the Road? Deer Dragger & Wife? BeechCachers? Anyone else from this area?
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