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History and Background
The following was taken from the Waveland Museum State Historic Site section of the Kentucky Parks Service website:
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The Bryan family accompanied Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap to the Bluegrass region, and established Bryan’s Station in 1779 one of Kentucky’s first settlements. Family tradition holds that Daniel Boone surveyed the land where Waveland now stands for his nephew and namesake, Daniel Boone Bryan.
Indian fighter, historian, and farmer, Daniel Boone Bryan erected a simple stone house on the 2000-acre site. He began developing the land in the early 19th-century, and by the time of his death in 1845, he had built a plantation that included a blacksmith shop, a gunsmith shop, a powder mill for producing gunpowder, a distillery, a gristmill, a paper mill, a female seminary, and a Baptist church. The prosperity of the Bryan family contributed to the area’s progress as well. In 1845, Joseph Bryan inherited his father’s homeplace, and built Waveland where the stone house once stood. After possibly consulting with the celebrated Kentucky architect John McMurty, Joseph built his Greek Revival masterpiece, Waveland, for his wife Margaret Cartmell, and their five children.
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Waveland exemplifies plantation life in Kentucky in the 19th-century; from the acres of grain and hemp waving in the breeze (hence the Waveland name), to the raising and racing of blooded trotting horses. The outbuildings of Waveland, the slave quarters, smokehouse, and icehouse, are important reminders of the social and economic climate of the time.
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Joseph Henry Bryan, son of Joseph Bryan, was the second heir of Waveland. He built a racecourse and amphitheater near the estate, and raced many world-famous trotters. "Wild Rake," the most celebrated of all the Bryan trotters, was sold to William Rockefeller in the 1880s for $7,800.
The Greek Revival architectural style of Waveland was very popular in Central Kentucky between 1830-1860. The style features grand symmetry and a graceful Ionic-columned portico. The house is lavishly furnished with Sheraton and Empire-style furniture, and many family heirlooms.Waveland passed out of the Bryan family in 1894, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky became its owner in 1956.
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Today, Waveland prides itself not only as one of Kentucky’s best examples of the Greek Revival style, but as a living house museum. Many personal effects, from needlework, to handwritten letters, lay undisturbed, as if the household has briefly departed in preparation for your visit. A tour through Waveland is a step back in time to Kentucky in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Cache Details
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Please do not park along the neadby road, but instead please park at the Waveland parking area. The cache is a standard ammo box found at the rear of the property, just off the nature trail. Adjacent to the cache location are railroad tracks, located on the other side of a wire fence. The cache is NOT located near the railroad tracks, so there is no need to cross or climb the wire fence. Please stay safe and enjoy your walk around the site.
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Update - 08/25/2012
The cache has been replaced with a camouflaged, lock-n-lock container. Please note that a letterbox has made its home 20 or feet away from the cache and it is clearly marked as a letterbox. The cache is clearly marked as a geocache. be sure to find the correct container and sign that log, please leave the letterbox alone.
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Update - 07/17/2016
The cache has been replaced with a plastic container. Please note that a letterbox has made its home only feet away from the cache and it is clearly marked as a letterbox. The cache is clearly marked as a geocache. be sure to find the correct container and sign that log, please leave the letterbox alone.
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Update - 04/23/2023
After the fallen tree took out the last container, this 2002 cache has been upgraded, replaced with an ammo can clearly marked as a geocache.
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This cache placed and maintained by a Geocky member.
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