GC44D3Y Traditional Cache Long Gone
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: winning @ | Hide Date: 01/14/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 18.168 W104° 51.451 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Revived the container that was placed here by another cacher and must now be archived. Just moved it to a new spot. Even used the original log. Turned it to a fresh page so FTF will be the starter of a new cache.
Swallows cemetery sleeps here in windswept sunshine. The community of Swallows (named for the birds who built nests all along these bluffs) was first settled in the 1870's by adventurous, reckless, and curious pioneers who were determined to carve out a living in the West. Here they found an attractive spot with plenty of bottomland, fertile soil and abundant water. Today this cemetery is all that remains of that once vibrant community. You see only open spaces, fishing holes, turkey habitats and wetlands where once cornfields, orchards, and livestock thrived. Many children, who died of diptheria, typhoid, and meningitis, are resting here. The three MC Elroy boys all died in July 1891.
For more information about Swallows go to my cache GC4481H.
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Have a cache in another cemetery and several clod geocachers have ' off roaded' between the graves to save themselves 50 steps. Amazes me that now a few of you are disturbed that this little boy now has somebody to come see him and his brothers. If you'd read the description you'd know why I put it where I did. If it annoys you so much feel free to rehide it 3 feet left or right.

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11 Logs: Found it 7  Didn't find it 3  Write note 1  

Didn't find it 07/01/2019 By marieega
Searched but could not find

Write note 04/24/2019 By $rustyjones$
Caching with with fastfrancis. Interesting cemetery and a wonderful view for all here in Resting in Peace. SL. TFTC.

Found it 04/24/2019 By fastfrancis
Tftc

Found it 04/15/2019 By Nancy's Paws
Love old cemeteries and paying tribute to the people who are resting in this beautiful spot. TFTH

Found it 01/31/2019 By motwenty
Found it under rocks on to the back side of a young man's headstone with a cross and crown molded into the top of it

Found it 09/02/2018 By davisfamilyco
Found it, in excellent shape, tftc.

Found it 07/18/2018 By sajent
Like the view from the cemetery. Tftc

Found it 07/01/2018 By Room1009
I went out to find a few Hidden Creatures today. I found 12 caches, replaced several, and did some enjoyable hiking. I don't know why I haven't stopped for this one before. I love cemeteries, especially old cemeteries. Unfortunately the container seemed to be missing (or I may have been temporarily blind). I left a replacement match stick container with the middle McElroy boy. I have no problem with the placement. When I die I hope someone puts a geocache on my grave. Thanks for the incentive to revisit this awesome old cemetery.

Didn't find it 04/02/2018 By aryanl
Nope

Found it 03/21/2018 By d.digger
Thanks to a big hint from the cache owner I went back and found it today. It was right where it was supposed to be. Signed the log and left a fossil tooth.

Didn't find it 12/15/2017 By d.digger
I turned over a lot of rocks at GZ before giving up. Either this one's gone, my GPSr is off or the co-ords are.