GC85VF7 Waneka Stagecoach Station
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: pjcai @ | Hide Date: 04/05/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 58.717 W105° 05.893 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
   

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The cache is a pill bottle. Short walk  on path from parking to cache site.

Located just outside the Waneka homestead, which also served as a stagecoach stop between Fort Collins and Denver:

"Adolph Waneka came to the Colorado Territory in 1860 and built a two story stone structure which served as his ranch house and a stage stop. Stagecoaches would come to Denver from Fort Morgan, then head north along the old Cherokee Trail, to Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins and Cheyenne. People traveled from the Fort Collins area, stopping off at the Waneka Station to rest and eat before continuing on to shop in Denver." (information from the City of Lafayette.)

Additional Waypoints

P085VF7 - Parking
N 39° 58.694 W 105° 05.816

04/08/2020 By team_mugi
Not sure if it warranted a 2.5 difficulty rating?

04/06/2020 By sproutsnana
Lots of feld tree. No smilie.

03/25/2020 By mipi13
Tftc

01/24/2020 By rkymtraveler
Figured I had a 2-fer chance of finding a container here, and found the replacement. This is a very nice historical area, thank you for sharing the location with a cache. Made it tougher than I needed to as usual, of course!!

01/20/2020 By The Scarlet Beaver
No luck... but lots of places to look. Ill be back

07/04/2019 By Alpenist
TFTC Found this cache on a beautiful summer day on a bike ride around the neighborhood with my friend Buck who is visiting from Tanzania. I left a Sand Tiger Shark's tooth.

05/29/2019 By BPickens
Took some searching but I found it. Nice hide in a nice location. TFTC

05/27/2019 By Sqweeter
With all the possibilities I thought this might be a tough one. Didn't have to spend too much time searching. Thanks for the interesting history. Glad the city preserved this before the area got too built up. TFTH SL

05/10/2019 By Lord Mike
Quick find and sign in a nice area. Thanks.

05/10/2019 By Miles ToGeo
I was impressed with parking for this cache. A nicely placed hide.

05/09/2019 By Sbreden
Nice and peaceful walk along the trail in the snow. Found the cache without much trouble.