GC72QXT Mount Harris TB Hotel
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: momcheers @ | Hide Date: 03/25/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 28.756 W107° 08.440 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                       

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Looking for a great place for those travel bugs and trackables to spend the night or catch a ride?  This is your spot!  This is pretty close to some major airport traffic and a great pulloff for a quick exchange!

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Mount Harris was founded in 1914 as a mining town supporting three coal mines in the area.  In it's hayday Mount Harris was a large bustling town with 3 boarding houses, a post office, drug store, many dry goods and general stores, a school, a couple of churches and of course several saloons.  The one thing it didn't have.... a cemetery!  For a town that lasted 44 years, this is a bit unusual.  It has been said that if the family was involved in the mining in their town, the Harris brothers paid to have the body of the deceased taken to Hayden for burial.  

The Wadge mine explosion on January 27, 1942 was a defining momenty in the history of this small town.   34 miners lost their lives that day, but the lives of every resident in the town was changed forever.   The entire town was auctioned off on May 20, 1958.  Many of the houses were moved to nearby Hayden and are still inhabited today!

Hwy 40 goes through the middle of where the town was.  If you look across Hwy 40 from this parking lot, you can see where the old road went around the town (County Rd 52), and if you look to the right of the road, almost directly across from the cache, you can see a cement wall (it had bears painted on it at one time).  This wall was part of the foundation of the school!

All of the land across Hwy 40 and surround this historical site pulloff, is PRIVATE LAND -- PLEASE RESPECT THIS and STAY AT THIS SITE!

Enjoy this beautiful spot and the sign with tons of information.  Have a picnic lunch here and spend a bit of time, but PLEASE take your trash with you!

We dropped 3 travel bug/trackables in the cache the day we placed it here, with the hopes of many more visits to come!  A highway with a pulloff between a major airport and a world renowned ski area should be a great place for some TBs to get a great ride!

***Please note -- if your coordinates are taking you off the steep hill, they are incorrect! Make sure these are your coordinates - N 40° 28.756' W 107°08.417'!! It's changed on some sites and not on others! **

Additional Waypoints

R072QXT - Mt Harris Info Sign
N 40° 28.775 W 107° 08.445

07/03/2019 By Cap'n Ron
Arrrgh!
Cachin' me way t' Craigs wit' t'e crrrew!
On t'e ways backs we d'cided t'e stop an' pilferrr a shiny coin!
T'e ways t'e GZ lookt, w'at wi' alla empteh grog cans, filth an stench, t'e crrrew t'ought t'eys a righ' a' home!
Whilst t'ey be 'njoyin' t'at, I FISL'd it!
Dropp'd a rare albina lobster TB t'at I hads t' keeps t'e crrrew from a boilin' up fer grubs, d'scovert a TB an pilferrrred a coin!
Harrr, harrr, harrrrr!
Thank ye fer t'e cache!

06/21/2019 By richardnajera
Biked here from Austin, Texas and are headed to Anchorage, Alaska as a part of a nonprofit organization called Texas 4000. We fundraise money for cancer research and support services and then cycle over 4500 miles to Alaska.

We decided to stop for a cache here and check out the views.

Check us out at Texas4000.org or bit.ly/biking4cancer

Rockies '19

06/18/2019 By momcheers
N40° 28.756 W107° 08.417
Coordinates changed from:
N 40° 28.756 W 107° 8.440

Coordinates changed to:
N 40° 28.756 W 107° 8.417

Distance from original: 106.6 feet or 32.5 meters.

Coordinates were wrong to begin with. Finally figuring out how to update them correctly!

06/12/2019 By IBCNU2
TFTC

06/09/2019 By rkster
In the area for a few days and needed a cache or 2. This one made the list. Great container and Cache is in great shape. TB drop. TFTC SL

08/22/2018 By korriaan
Traveling through on a major trip out to Washington and seeing the sights between St. Louis and Seattle. Such amazing places to see! This one took a minute, as I had go wait out some muggles.

08/05/2018 By JnSShaw
road tripping to Yellowstone taking a quick pit stop cuz there was a marker here and what do you know also geocache thanks for placing it

08/05/2018 By FollowNixon
on our way to Yellowstone from Denver, we are taking the scenic route. A beautiful day at Fish Creek Falls, celebrating JnSShaw's birthday. TFTC! Follow Nixon! (FB: FollowNixon Twitter: @FollowNixon_Geo)

08/04/2018 By PackSux
Was going to attempt this one, but got muggled out on my way past and on my way back. Maybe some other time.

07/24/2018 By Vasang
What a great place and Nice cache :)