ROCKFORD & KENOSHA R.R. Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/1/2005
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Helidocs Railroad History Series #7

“My railbeds follow moving water. I let mother nature do most of my excavating” Thomas K. Minead Chief Surveyor Steubenville & Indiana RR - 1870

Running parallel to the Willow Creek bike trail near the Lake Pierce dam, you will see an elongated berm/earthwork. This is the last remnants of the Rockford & Kenosha Railroad. Built in the late 1850s, this railroad connected Rockford with the Milwaukee area. It was abandoned in the 1930s.

The dammed waters of Pierce Lake now cover much of the railroad bed within the park, although portions of the railroad grade are visible along Willow Creek below the spillway. But blasting operations in a rock outcrop that railroad crews conducted during the 1859 construction left lasting impressions here - they cut through rock to provide a suitable roadbed and gave Rock Cut its name.

This cache is found in the vicinity of the old railbed. It is a 2 qt clear tupperware container ( make sure you close it tightly!) with the usual stuff. You may have to do some creek crossing and/or bushwacking depending on your approach. Park in the lot near the Lake Pierce dam.

Permission for this cache was granted by the Rock Cut State Park supervisor.

  1. Geocache is placed on Department managed property with permission.
  2. Do not place the following items in the Geocache: Food, items, inappropriate, offensive, or hazardous materials.
  3. It is the visitors responsibility or orient themselves with policies and rules pertaining to this Department managed site.

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