GCMV7X Pagosa Lumber Company
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: biketothetop @ | Hide Date: 02/17/2005 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 15.404 W107° 00.894 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
 

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This cache is easily accessible by foot, bike, or automobile. It is also handicap friendly.

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Today as in days of old, the hot springs has drawn many people to Pagosa Springs. Although the springs drew the early settlers to the area, it was the forest’s pine and fur that gave most of them a living.

This cache is located close to the northern edge of a sawmill town known as “South Pagosa”. The home immediately north of this cache was owned by Alexander T. Sullenberger who was part owner of the Pagosa Lumber Company. Investors in the Pagosa Lumber Company were responsible for bringing the railroad to Pagosa Springs. The first train steamed into Pagosa Springs on Saturday, October 13, 1900. While its principle purpose was to transport lumber, it also carried passengers, mail, and various types of freight.

Homes were built around the mill for the workers and their families. Along with the homes, Sullenberger also built a commissary store to provide for his employees. Town merchants resented his attempts to recapture the money he paid his workers through his company store. This became a political sore spot for Sullenberger. On April, 1912, Sullenberger sold his interest in the Pagosa Lumber Company and retired.

Today, part of the sight of the Pagosa Lumber Company is owned by the local school district. The athletic fields were once part of the old mill. Pagosa Springs High School, built in 1998, is located on approximately the same sight as the homes of many of the mill employees. The original train station is located at the corner of Durango and 7th Street. (Waypoint: N37 15.880, W107 00.975)

This is a "log-n-go" cache and is not suitable for trading. Cache container is an altoid can.

06/11/2019 By sherlock_reed
Did not find

05/18/2019 By Cache Dipper
Found it! But it is not an Altoids can. Date of last find matched so I figured the container has just been changed. This is an interesting LPC.
One might think you can’t get any air under your ‘skirt’… But you can...

05/03/2019 By jarrettchaney
Found Velcro where it used to be. Appears to be missing.

11/19/2018 By Pdickenson
We couldn’t find it.

10/01/2018 By vinoaz
Thanks raining

09/07/2018 By Aardvark
Thanks for the cache!

09/03/2018 By MontanaBerry24
Interesting container. TFTC!

07/31/2018 By Countritrvlr
TFTC. Spending three weeks here in Pagosa Springs, CO and doing some geocaching.

Team countritrvlr
Leesburg, FL

07/28/2018 By AZSNOJEEP
TFTC

07/05/2018 By Zuni Kid
Bueno! Not easy for fat fingered guys! Gracias!

07/03/2018 By antsz
Not many cachers come this way. I'm the second signature. Clever container. tftc

03/11/2018 By djmonkey0
Found where it should have been. Was not present.
- RavioliSquad

02/11/2018 By dffarr
In good shape :)

11/11/2017 By MrPagan
Nice container. Signed the log. T4TC

10/11/2017 By fam2go
On the way home the scenic way. Replaced this one "inside" to trey and keep it going.

09/10/2017 By clayton&karen
NCH

08/07/2017 By Phantomphan
Looks like it's missing can see
The Velcro but nothing there.