GC8930E Apple Orchard
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: slade2029 @ | Hide Date: 06/04/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 05.381 W108° 36.118 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                         

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This is one of a series of caches that are associated with the local history with a focus on our family.

Somewhere in this area my great grandfather had an apple orchard. Before my dad passed away, we attempted to determine where it was based on his memory.

The actual location is not known, but he remembered being about 100 yards north of an oiled road (possibly HWY 6 now) and about a quarter of a mile from the irrigation ditch to the west. This was during the war (WWII) sometime. The river was not far away as well.

The early years of apple orchards in this area were among the highest dollar yield per acre anywhere in the world, with the Fruita area being the highest in the world. The fruit of the area was shipped by rail through either The Western Colorado Producers Cooperative, The Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association, United Fruit Growers Association, or Schmieding Brothers.

The decline and near collapse of the fruit industry was brought on by the sale of newly planted orchards to Eastern buyers that knew little of farming. Neglect of these orchards led to massive crop failures and disease. The main disease was the codling moth which multiplied rapidly in the poorly maintained fields and eventually led to the failure of the local industry as a world leader.

Congrats to beth1057 for FTF.

04/08/2020 By Bdriehuis
Thanks!

03/12/2020 By slade2029
cache is waiting for you!
Interestingly, I found the previously missing cache.

03/08/2020 By Tinkerbell149
Found it easily. Not sure if it was in the right spot.

03/07/2020 By $R
Got it, thanks for sharing the family history and nice find on a pretty early spring day. Hope that this little one doesn’t get blown away.

03/07/2020 By hlangner
Nearly disregarded it because it was so small! Great little hiding place

07/03/2019 By fishercacher
Tiny tiny. Thank thanks!

06/25/2019 By whizzkid
found it! sl tftc

06/24/2019 By 5Gregorys
Tree hides drive me crazy but I thought this one was perfect! TFTC!

06/23/2019 By gkhill
Out caching in cooler weather this morning. This was the 2nd find of the day. sl TFTC

06/19/2019 By KirkNSpock
Found with the help of a stranger who came over to ask if we were geocaching!
- KNS

06/05/2019 By Charlie-n-Geri
DNF, had short amount of time since a truck with camping trailer with driver was parked at GZ waiting for someone in the mall.

06/05/2019 By fishlogger
another def... not too much traffic this morning going by... must be on one of those trees.

06/04/2019 By Linecacher
Out with Beth1957 grabbing some caches when I heard "found it". TFTC SL :-).

06/04/2019 By beth1957
Tftc FTF .Out with linecacher grabbing some caches Great hide

06/04/2019 By IgnotusPeverell
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