Redwater River hybrid Traditional Cache
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This is a ammo can with cache/letterbox theme, next to a highway and a flowing river as always, be careful and watch the kids and or pets. PLEASE TO NOTE WE DO NOT HAVE A INK PAD IN CACHE FOR LETTER BOX,, TOO MUCH COLD/HOT/DRY/WET IN OUR COUNTRY TO KEEP THEM WORKING, PLEASE BRING ONE WITH YOU FOR LETTERBOX STAMPING. THANKS
Sol Star and Seth Bullock were standing on the Redwater Bridge in Belle Fourche during the 1880’s. They were the founders of our town. The cache and letter box is located by this bridge.
When the railroad came to the Black Hills and railroad officials refused to pay prices demanded by the nearby town of Minnesela; Bullock and Star offered the free right-of-way across their land to the site of De Mores, an early day stage station. On August 14, 1890, the last rail was laid and the new town was born. “Call it Belle Fourche, will you?” Bullock requested.
After the Civil War, Sol Star had started a hardware business with Seth Bullock in Helena, Mt. In 1876 news of the discovery of gold in the Black Hills reached Star and Bullock, and although, they were doing well with their business in Helena they were interested in the new gold field. They followed the gold rush to Deadwood where they established the “Office of Star and Bullock, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants.” The partners began their business by selling pans, Dutch ovens, picks, axes, dynamite, chamber pots and anything else the miners or local population required. In Deadwood they had a good business and became prosperous.
They expanded their business interests to the prairie land north of the Black Hills. Star and Bullock filed on land where the Redwater and Belle Fourche rivers meet and established a horse ranch on this land. They enlarged their acreage by purchasing available land joining theirs. Frequently easterners filed on the land and then became dissatisfied. They sold the land as soon as they could prove up, which could be done by living there 14 months and paying $1.25 per acre. Bullock and Star watched for such opportunities and they soon had a large spread at the river forks. The name, Belle Fourche, is French for “beautiful fork”.
Because the cache is located at a busy location, please park on Elkhorn Street. It’s a short hike from there. Take a walk across the bridge and your GPS will lead you to the right spot. You won’t need to cross the highway. Please don’t cross the fence on the private land; you won’t find the cache there. The container is an ammo box with trade items; also it has a rubber stamp, pad and guest book for letterboxing. Thanks, and have a great caching day! ?
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