Wisconsin's 250 Years of History: Walworth County LbNA #77759
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Add Location| Owner: | Grapenuts
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| Plant date: | Mar 4, 2026 |
| Location: | |
| City: | ??? |
| County: | Walworth |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Last edited: | Mar 6, 2026 |
WISCONSIN’S 250 YEARS OF HISTORY: WALWORTH COUNTY
This box is being placed in for Walworth County Historical Society in celebration of America's 250th Anniversary.
To find the location of this letterbox, you must first learn some Walworth County history.
In 1926, racial tensions were high in Chicago, causing many African-Americans to move north seeking better opportunities, escape racial oppression, and create places to vacation without discrimination.
Three prominent businessmen headed north and purchased 83 acres to develop a resort community that checked all the boxes. Individual lots were sold, and the roads were all named after notable black figures and schools.
This community grew, and in 1927 they built a large entertainment pavilion that attracted big performers such as Cab Calloway.
During the Great Depression in 1929, the pavilion was dismantled due to dropping attendance, and unsold lots went into foreclosure.
In 1932, a Chicago football player purchased the unsold lots and planned to build his own white resort, erecting a fence that blocked the black community from using the lake. The community banded together and filed a lawsuit to reclaim the land, which they won in 1944.
To find this box, you’ll need to know the name of the lake, which they named after the white real estate broker who help with the purchase of this land in 1926.
To find the area where the box is located, you’ll need to know the surname of one of the founders of the community, who was the majority land owner; his granddaughter sold 43 acres to the Geneva Lake Conservancy for a nature preserve, which was opened to the public in 2025.
Park in front of this conservancy off the side of the road. Take a moment to read the sign before moving on.
From the sign, head south on the trail, which will wind up and through some large oak trees, and past a bench. Continue on until you come to this area's newest man-made structure, underneath and closest to the path the of which you will find your treasure.
PLEASE BE STEALTH and don’t let Muggles observe you!
This is NOT a geocache, so please don’t remove anything from the box.
This box is being placed in for Walworth County Historical Society in celebration of America's 250th Anniversary.
To find the location of this letterbox, you must first learn some Walworth County history.
In 1926, racial tensions were high in Chicago, causing many African-Americans to move north seeking better opportunities, escape racial oppression, and create places to vacation without discrimination.
Three prominent businessmen headed north and purchased 83 acres to develop a resort community that checked all the boxes. Individual lots were sold, and the roads were all named after notable black figures and schools.
This community grew, and in 1927 they built a large entertainment pavilion that attracted big performers such as Cab Calloway.
During the Great Depression in 1929, the pavilion was dismantled due to dropping attendance, and unsold lots went into foreclosure.
In 1932, a Chicago football player purchased the unsold lots and planned to build his own white resort, erecting a fence that blocked the black community from using the lake. The community banded together and filed a lawsuit to reclaim the land, which they won in 1944.
To find this box, you’ll need to know the name of the lake, which they named after the white real estate broker who help with the purchase of this land in 1926.
To find the area where the box is located, you’ll need to know the surname of one of the founders of the community, who was the majority land owner; his granddaughter sold 43 acres to the Geneva Lake Conservancy for a nature preserve, which was opened to the public in 2025.
Park in front of this conservancy off the side of the road. Take a moment to read the sign before moving on.
From the sign, head south on the trail, which will wind up and through some large oak trees, and past a bench. Continue on until you come to this area's newest man-made structure, underneath and closest to the path the of which you will find your treasure.
PLEASE BE STEALTH and don’t let Muggles observe you!
This is NOT a geocache, so please don’t remove anything from the box.