In 1854, a group of Monroe area sportsmen organized a hunting club that they christened the Golo Club. The founders of the club decided to adopt the name that one of their French marsh guides had bestowed on a duck with peculiar markings that they occasionally shot in the marsh. Some club members called the duck which had a black back, glossy black wings tipped with white, and a black head and about the size of a redhead, a whistler because of the loud whistling noise it made in flight. Their French guide called the whistler a Golo and the club members adopted the name for their club.
The Golo Club didn’t have title to any of the marsh lands, but the members operated under permits from the United States government to occupy the lighthouse reserve where the clubhouse stood and they obtained leases and shooting privileges from the old French settlers. People respected the club as a private reserve, but its members didn’t prohibit other hunters from shooting in the marshes.
By the mid 1860s, membership dwindled as most of the founding members had died or moved away. The Golo Club existed for a few more years, but the loss of the club house in a violent wind storm caused its demise.
The Cache: The cache is a small sized lock & lock hidden along the trail.
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