Fort Brule Monument - O.T. #7 Traditional Cache
Fort Brule Monument - O.T. #7
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This is # 7 of the Oyate Trail Geocache series. Starting just north of Sioux City, the Oyate Trail follows Highways 50 and 18 along the southern border of South Dakota all the way to Edgemont. There are 110 geocaches spaced approximately every 3 miles along the trail. These caches are numbered from east to west, #1 to #110.
The first 50 geocachers to find and log at least 100 of the 110 caches along the trail are eligible for an Official Oyate Trail Geocaching Coin. To apply for your coin, email Charlie at this address: saltcamp@gwtc.net with all 100 + codes that you will find in the upper right corner of the cache log. These codes must be in order, #1 to #110 for example: 1D, 2O, 3N, 4T, etc. Include your name and address so if the codes are correct, Charlie can send you your coin.
This cache takes you to another important marker of South Dakota history. This granite block, erected by the Old Settlers' Association of Union County, SD, in 1937, simply states, "built in 1862 by soldiers and settlers as a protection against renegade and hostile Indians. Abandoned in 1868. Dismantled in 1872." On September 8, 1862, A. J. Bell spread the news of a Sioux Indian war to exterminate all white settlers. The land from the Vermillion River to the Big Sioux River was immediately vacated as settlers retreated to Yankton, Fort Randall, Iowa and Nebraska. It is generally accepted, however, that Fort Brule was built as a result of the Minnesota Massacre of 1862. Indians there felt cheated on treaty negotiations, retaliated, and were forced into Dakota Territory. Stockades were then erected at Yankton, Vermillion, Brule and Elk Point.
The cache is a micro that may need to be felt rather than seen. It is NOT on the granite block and there is no need to go inside the fence surrounding the marker. Cache contains a log to sign and don't forget to copy the code.
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