GC3JDKK Traditional Cache Historical # 4 ~ Moffat
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Ghostbusters @ | Hide Date: 05/01/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 59.910 W105° 54.323 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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Moffat History At the turn of the century, between 1800-1900, the San Luis Valley began to grow.

Located at its north end in Saguache County, were mining boom towns like Bonanza, Orient, Crestone and Liberty, and the shipping towns which serviced them, Moffat and Villa Grove.

Ranching flourished trying to feed a growing young nation. Moffat, at the center of all this commerce, had a train station, huge stock yards, and narrow-gage lines from the mines of the Sangre de Cristos.

Once recognized as the “queen city” of the valley, and considered for the site of Colorado’s state capital, Moffat was home to 2,500 residents with passenger trains running twice a day.

With the advent of the trucking industry, and experiencing a devastating fire, Moffat downsized and became an agricultural town producing cattle, hay and turning out young ranchers who attended the Moffat Consolidated Schools.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/07/2019 By imcasey
Great renovation job TFTC!

Found it 06/05/2019 By TheLF
I’m on a trek to find caches in the rest of the Colorado counties, in a clockwise direction. Expecting it to take about 5 days, before I start my journey back to Florida. County #26 Saguache. All is well here. TFTC SL

Found it 05/28/2019 By DanielleEve
Loved this cache,I'm local and it was nice to see one so close to home:)

Found it 05/25/2019 By Nancy's Paws
What an amazing old church! Love this place

Found it 05/25/2019 By KKorn
Cool little spot. Tfth.

Found it 08/24/2018 By Jazzeykat
Found with Wyochiver. Wasn’t expecting to see this here! TFTC

Found it 08/23/2018 By Wyochiver
Quick find. Pretty moths all around GZ. Found with Jazzeykat

Found it 08/23/2018 By Spins7
Found it! Thanks!

Found it 08/21/2018 By Miles ToGeo
This was a nice stop on our way to Alamosa. A quickly found cache. Got it before the rain started.

Found it 08/17/2018 By dorkymurphy
Pretty place