GC1AZFD The Great Parachute Train Robbery
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Polaski @ | Hide Date: 04/06/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 25.161 W108° 04.948 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
             

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A cache and dash located along Hwy 6. The cache is a 3” section of PVC with a screw in plug.

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On June 7, 1904, an outlaw named Harvey Logan attempted one of the West’s last train robberies near Parachute. Harvey Logan was also known as Kid Curry and was a member of Butch Cassidy’s notorious “Hole in the Wall” gang.
When the west bound Denver & Rio Grande train made its scheduled 1:15 AM stop in Parachute that morning, a man scrambled on board. He ordered the engineer, at gun point to proceed to Strait Flats, roughly 3 miles west of town. There he was joined by two accomplices. The three outlaws forced the Baggage Master to open the doors of the baggage care and blew open the safe with a charge of dynamite. They expected to find a shipment of gold.

Historians have never established that they actually did find gold. It is believed by many that the gold had been sent through on an earlier train. After blowing the safe, the gang headed directly for the Colorado River. They crossed the river and mounted horsed that they had hidden on the south side. They headed for Battlement Mesa, stealing fresh horses along the way. Lawmen from Grand Junction and Parachute, along with several ranchers pursued them. Two days after the chase started, Kid Curry shot himself rather than be taken alive. He was later buried in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
*Information provided by the Town of Parachute Rest Area memorial

Watch out for traffic, especially if you're headed westbound! Stop at the Town’s rest area for more information on the Great Parachute Train Robbery.


Congratulations to bearmoose for the FTF :0)

04/21/2019 By 5Gregorys
Awesome research. We loved the story! TFTC

11/01/2018 By CacheCrawlers1
TFTC...Got it on the way home from work. Lori&Sam

10/06/2018 By Gne
Stopped by on a rainy day. Cache in good shape thanks to the last cachers. Thanks for a bit of history! I always drive through this area without stopping to look around. Thought I would change that a bit today. Thanks!

09/12/2018 By 2lablovers
Found on our way home from Potters Pond. Great story - we have also seen the information at the park in Parachute. Signed the log and went we went to return the container the plastic broke completely in half. All we had that would fit all the swag was a large pretzel container so we placed everything in that.

08/20/2018 By wildargs
Got it. Thanks

05/16/2018 By CacheKings007
TFTC and the history.

05/06/2018 By Darlinlee
TFTC I like reading about the history around the caches.

03/25/2018 By by all meens
Awesome to have a great story associated with the area. Thank you so much for sharing! Tftcsl