GC18D3R Traditional Cache Battlement Creek Fire Memorial
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: Polaski @ | Hide Date: 01/05/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 27.325 W108° 02.993 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 24
Dogs  Available at all times  Wheelchair accessible  Parking available  Drinking water nearby  Public restrooms nearby  Picnic tables nearby  Stealth required  Stroller accessible 
This cache is located at the Parachute Rest Area.
The park has a small memorial built as a memorial to the brave men that died while fighting the Battlement Creek Fire during the summer of 1976. The fire started as a lightning strike and ended 880 acres later. On July 16, 1976 an air tanker pilot was killed when his plane hit a ridgetop while turning around in the upper Battlement Creek basin. The following day, four firefighters were burned over when flames roared up a box canyon. Three of the firefighters were killed that afternoon and the fourth was flown to St. Mary’s hospital in Grand Junction with critical burns.

This memorial is dedicated to those brave men that were killed:
Donald Goodman, Pilot
Tony Czak, Crewboss
Stephen Furey, Crewman
Scott Nelson, Crewman


Congratulations to Bugz/Daisy for the FTF :0)

The park has now been reworked to include a service flag memorial that includes the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, Law Enforcement and the Fire Service. The old memorial landscaping was removed but the Battlement Creek Fire memorial plaque was kept as part of the new memorial.
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21 Logs: Found it 20  Didn't find it 1  

Found it 07/05/2019 By wendyj325
Quick find while stopping to stretch the legs and let the geo-pooch have a potty break. Container and log ate pretty wet, but log was signable. With Biffski. TFTC!

Found it 07/05/2019 By Biffski
/w WendyJ325 who made the find!
West bound on 70 back to Washington.
Tftf!

Found it 07/02/2019 By ko4rk
TNL SL. Found with KD4IRA on a warm windy day in early July 2019. On our way to California TFTC

Found it 07/02/2019 By kd4ira
Found with ko4rk. Stopped at the rest area on our trip across countey. Tftc

Found it 07/01/2019 By Geo-3-O's
Tftc, Guillermo fund for us. :)

Didn't find it 09/18/2018 By ____jetnatty
:(

Found it 09/04/2018 By aurght
Thanks for the hide.

Found it 09/03/2018 By skibum1
Nice cache. SLO TFTC

Found it 09/02/2018 By maize33
Fun hide! Caching with HardRockHaddy! TFTC

Found it 09/02/2018 By HardRockHaddy
Found it with maize33. TFTC!

Found it 08/27/2018 By kcb355
Good one

Found it 08/19/2018 By txtumbleweeds
Hello from Pipe Creek Texas,USA
Near Bandera Texas.
TFTC,SL,TNLN
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Found it 08/06/2018 By rocketglider
Thanks for the hide.

Found it 07/31/2018 By Kashers
TFTC

Found it 07/31/2018 By B4givn
Very clever. TFTC

Found it 07/31/2018 By GeoMcG's
Thanks for the hide

Found it 07/31/2018 By alicia_8405
This was our first geo cache.... thank you!!!! So much fun!!
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Found it 07/19/2018 By wcache4fun
Nice rest area with interesting stories. Tftc

Found it 07/19/2018 By tigeratwork
Tftc

Found it 07/18/2018 By boyscout1212
Good cache

Found it 07/05/2018 By Shoney1
T F T C - - - - Another day of Geocaching in Colorado and having a blast. So many GREAT caches to find on my vacation. Going to head west to the mountains today. Staying in Centennial with a good friend.

I appreciate your efforts in placing this cache for our geocaching enjoyment. It is always a great day to be out and about geocaching. Good job! I had a fun time finding it. Once again, TFT$ LTFAHG-Like to Find and Hide Geocaches.

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