GC3057 Virtual Cache History, Trains and Southwest
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: G'man @ | Hide Date: 01/05/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 12.427 W107° 44.316 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 20
Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  No Public restrooms nearby  No Telephone nearby  No Picnic tables nearby  No Camping available 
Drive up to this historical marker of the wild west!
If you like history and stories of the Wild West, you will enjoy this easy to locate cache. It is on private land, but you can see it from the road. On the way, look at the old train bridge across the river near N 37° 12.824 W 107° 44.746. There is a marker on the bridge about its history.

To claim credit for finding the "cache" email what the marker says occured here. Don't post your answer in your log, even if encrypted.

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21 Logs: Found it 21  

Found it 07/06/2019 By Jinxer05
I grew up in Durango and I have always heard about this story. I know they filmed the movie about it in a much more dramatic location. Glad to have a little bit of real history, and made me want to look it up more. Thanks for taking us to this virtual!

Found it 06/13/2019 By flanji
Me n the pup on vacation and on a road trip!! We are gathering caches to fulfill challenges and interesting spots!! Answer sent!! Thanks for the fun adventure and for the !!!!

Found it 06/01/2019 By havhoej
Thanks too CO and geocaching we found these very interesting telling from old time

Found it 05/26/2019 By VEGA19
Its right there. Not sure about the history and the trains in this part of the southwest. Even the streets are named after these historic characters. Thanks G'man for the virtual cache. By the way, I left it the same way I found it!

Found it 05/26/2019 By snowcache67
Got it.

Found it 10/15/2018 By BluePearl
That was really fun, and we had a good laugh at the street names at the intersection where we turned. Thanks for bringing us here!

Found it 10/11/2018 By labpepl
Nice drive out of town. Very cool bridge

Found it 10/10/2018 By owlover
Interesting spot with history. Several cars passed over when we were there.

Found it 10/10/2018 By kayothree
Stopping on our road trip with a Owlover and labpepl tftvc!!!

Found it 10/06/2018 By Dpfco5
TFTF

Found it 08/25/2018 By CRS_GEO
We are staying at an RV Resort area in Bayfield. It is a lovely place and there are lots of caches in Bayfield and Durango. Today was a caching morning. We had breakfast in Bayfield found one cache and then headed out to find more. This was a fine virtual in a area with well maintained gravel roads, horses and small ranches. Thanks for encouraging the drive out here.

Found it 08/19/2018 By IowaGerd
Worth a trip from IOWA!

Found it 07/29/2018 By Candyce54
Here for just a few days enjoying the mountains and grabbed by a few caches here and there. Thank you keeping them active. We had no idea what was coming. Interesting history. Tftc

Found it 07/02/2018 By Kirbydox
Day 3: On a road trip with Mr. Kirbydox and Wolfie the dog. We are having a great time seeing some new (and old) sights today. We drove the scenic route from Taos to Durango. There was a smoky haze in the air all day from the wildfires.
Thanks for placing this cache!
Kirbydox
Houston TX

Found it 05/21/2018 By LOGGIE4JC
Cool little place. TFTC!

Found it 04/28/2018 By nmsunsets2
Beautiful country area. I had no idea about the history of the event that took place here. Thanks for sharing. E-mail sent.

Found it 03/31/2018 By Pathfinder33
Found with LolosDream and Aden the geocaching hound. Very cool location with some cool history. TFTC!!

Found it 03/30/2018 By LolosDream
Found with Pathfinder33 and our geocaching hound, Aden. Very cool history here. TFTV!

Found it 03/24/2018 By Schwarzentraub
Planes, trains, and automobiles. Cachers will grab them all.

Found it 03/15/2018 By nclyga
Checked out this cool historical place today. My son was a nervous wreck driving over the bridge, but really enjoyed the story. Thanks so much for the virtual!

Found it 02/13/2018 By AF BEE
Targeting new counties and Delorme pages on my way to Durango...thanks for sharing some local history!