Patton's Playground & the Smoky Hill Walking Trail Traditional Cache
Bridgerdigger: This cache needs to be archieved. It was muggled and I will not be replacing this cache at this location.
Patton's Playground & the Smoky Hill Walking Trail
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This cache is located in the City of Grinnell,
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Grinnell/. The terrain is flat but
not really handicapped accessible due to cache placement. You will
be looking for a 4X6X2 military first aide case. It contains a
Kansas road map, the usual trade items, disclaimer, and log
book.
Grinnell is America the way America is supposed to be. Grinnell is
one of the historical small towns located just off I70. This makes
it a perfect cache for travelers. Grinnell is a short distance from
the Smoky Hill River Valley and the Smoky Hill Trail. Many
important fossil finds have been made in the chalk beds along the
Smokey Hill River because this area was once part of an inland sea.
Early travelers and the Butterfield Overland Dispatch used the
Smoky Hill Trial on their way to Denver and the Colorado gold
fields. Grinnell was the second town in Gove County and was
established around 1872. The first inhabitants were railroad
workers and buffalo hunters. Grinnell was a shipping center for
buffalo bones, buffalo hides, buffalo meat and cattle. One of
biggest early businesses was the buffalo bone yard. The Cimarron,
Dighton, Colby and Atwood trails went through Grinnell. Grinnell
was originally started north of the railroad. Others wanted it
located south of the railroad and a squabble ensued, including a
building a fence and planting corn along the railroad to separate
the north from the south. A fire ended the squabble as most of the
town on the north side of the railroad burned. While in Grinnell
take time to look around our town and visit our businesses. We have
the best meat market and furniture store in the area. The grocery
store serves lunch. Check out our 9 hole grass green golf course.
Green fees for non-members are only $8.
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