CTH3 OFFICIAL SITE FOR THE HUNT.

CTH-3 In Honor of Stoney56 & Timberwolf

May 7, 8, & 9th
Caldwell, Kansas

COME JOIN US AT THE CHISHOLM TRAIL HUNT-3!
METAL DETECTING AT IT’S BEST

Location: Caldwell, Kansas. Site: Fair building Fee: $50
Time: May 7-9 2010
Schedule
FRIDAY:
1:00-5:00. Sign waiver pick up name tags, and display previous finds if you care to. Give directions to both hunt sites at 3:00.
3:00-4:30. Warm-up hunt site for the big one Saturday.
5:00. Meet at the fair building. Set up your displays if you have one. Not required. Pickup your name tag and get to know each other and check out the displays. Water and coffee will be furnished.
6:30. BBQ dinner starts at fair building.
7:00. Start handing out prizes for various reasons. Display prizes available Saturday. Then we will have one item that will be raffled off. Will review the site, parking, and cover rules of the hunt. Time to enjoy each other’s company.
8:00. Close down. The Last chance Saloon and 45 miles to casino’s

Saturday:
8:30 AM. Set up for CTH picture before hunting.
9:00 AM. Hunt starts, bring your own chairs, and throw trash in barrels. Water furnished, no alcohol allowed on hunt site.
12:00. Lunch on your own.
1:00. You can start hunting again. Activities for the day include a Chuck wagon cook off, talking tombstones, Show girls with garters and many more activities available through out the day.
5:00 PM. A possible bonfire, bring your own hotdogs, marshmallows, what ever you want to cook and then hand out claimed prizes.

Sunday: For those hardcore hunters you can start at 8:00 am to 12:30. Then we must say good by.

Contact Stan Burdett: < se_Burdett@live.com >

The history of the area and hunting site:
Caldwell was founded in 1871 astride the then new Chisholm Trail as an economic adventure of a group of Wichita entrepreneurs. The trail, running from Texas to the Intercontinental Railroad in northern Kansas, guided over a million longhorn steers and their guardian cowboys through Caldwell.
This vintage cow town --- a place of cowboys, saloons, gambling, and violence --- boasted a longer cow town period (1880 - 1885), a higher murder rate, and loss of more law enforcement officers than other more famous cow towns. Being the first town north of Indian Territory, cowboys went wild in this untamed "Border Queen City" after months on the dusty and treacherous trail. Gunfights, showdowns, hangings and general hell raising were commonplace. From these true stories came the romanticized American cowboy and the love of the Wild West.
In 1893, Caldwell was also a starting point for the famous Cherokee Strip Land Run, when Oklahoma Territory was opened for homesteaders to stake land claims.

Caldwell's riotous past is acknowledged with a life-sized silhouette of a trail cattle drive, historical markers everywhere you turn telling the cow town stories, boot hill cemetery with "Talking Tombstone" re-enactors, and celebrations that bring history to life.
Our site is part of the older Chisholm Trail where the cowboys camped till the cattle, were pushed on North. We just recently found out that this was one of the many areas where the 1893 future homesteaders camped while waiting for the land run. Over 10,000 people passed this area. In 1905 a street ran by this area with a home on the corner. Now long gone, just the secrets that are left in the ground remain.
The hunt site is on private property. Please treat it as such. The gentleman who owns the property is very pleased to permit the hunt on his place. We feel sure that members will appreciate his courtesy and conduct themselves accordingly.

BURDIE