Yellowstone Trail -Highway 32's Red Arrow Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

zuma!: Unfortunately, I have to archive this one. A nearby property owner complained about the presence of the cache. It's too bad, becauce I had lucked out and found an unusual hide method here.

Thanks to all who hunted and found it.

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Hidden : 10/22/2005
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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In Kenosha and Racine counties, the Yellowstone Trail was renamed highway 32, going through both downtown Racine and Kenosha. Interestingly, highway 32 is the only highway in Wisconsin with special markings on the highway signs. Each highway 32 sign is marked with red arrows. At the coordinates above is a wayside that tells the story of the Red Arrow.

The 32nd Division Memorial Highway commemorates the 32nd Division that fought in WWI and WWII. The 32nd Division was known to the people of Michigan and Wisconsin as the Red Arrow Division, and to the French who fought alongside the Americans, 'Les Terribles."

The Detroit News reports: “From May to November of 1918 -- nearly seven months -- the division was under constant fire, with only 10 days rest. The Red Arrow fought on five fronts and took a leading role in three great offensives which met and vanquished 23 German divisions. The division suffered more than 14,000 casualties, captured more than 2,000 prisoners, never yielded a foot of ground to the enemy, and was the first American division to set foot on German soil."

More information on the Red Arrow Division can be found at:
- (visit link)

This is one of several caches I have placed along the route of the historic Yellowstone Trail. The trail is a historic motor route that went across Wisconsin from 1918 to 1930. The Wisconsin portion of the Yellowstone Trail is 406 miles long, starting at the state line south of Kenosha and going north, and then west to Hudson. The Wisconsin segment is just a part of one of America’s first transcontinental auto routes, a 3,754-mile long road that started in Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts and went to Puget Sound, Washington.

More information on the Yellowstone Trail, including maps can be found at
(visit link)

To find the cache, visit the plaque at the coordinates listed. Just to the south of the plaque is a flagpole. From the flagpole, go 95 feet due west (270 degrees) to find the cache location.

October 24, 2005 update: In the 1920's many towns along the Yellowstone Trail had a representative known as a “Trailman”, whose duties included providing information to travelers along the way. In the 1919 Yellowstone Trail route folder, Trailmen were described as being “…businessmen of standing in their communities, and will always be glad to welcome tourists and serve them in any reasonable manner.” Brkster has offered to serve as the trailman for the Yellowstone caches here. I also thank him for letting me put this cache here.

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