GC5X5ZN Traditional Cache PPHS Museum
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Pikes Peak Historical Society @ | Hide Date: 06/08/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 56.688 W105° 17.357 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Available during winter  Parking available  Stroller accessible  Park and Grab  Fuel Nearby  Food Nearby  Seasonal Access  Tourist Friendly 

Part of a series sharing historical information about the Pikes Peak backcountry placed by the Pikes Peak Historical Society.

A stop on Teller CR 1 on the way to Cripple Creek and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.  One of several geocaches relating history of the Florissant area.

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Originally settled in 1870 as a Ute Indian Trading Post, the area was known as "Twin Creek" for the converging east and west streams of the same name.  The Pikes Peak region was aboriginal home of the Tabeguache (People of Sun Mountain) Band of Ute Indians, whose legends say they were created on Tava (Pikes Peak).  Judge James Castello, trusted Ute agent, established a Trading Post at Twin Creek in 1870 which he operated from his adjacent ranch.  He later expanded this into a general store and hostelry.  In 1872, he applied for a U.S. post office under the name "Florissant" in memory of his flower-filled birthplace in Missouri.  His enterprises continued to flourish after his death in 1878 with the discovery of gold and silver in Leadville and Cripple Creek.  His son and heir, Frank, was instrumental in establishing the Cripple Creek Mining District, and became one of its first millionaires.

Museum open Memorial Day - Labor Day Friday, Saturday and Monday 10-4, Sunday 1-4; For winter hours or to arrange for appointment at least 24 hours in advance contact PikesPeakHSMuseum.org or call 719-748-8259.

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13 Logs: Found it 13  

Found it 07/01/2019 By suntantoes
tftc

Found it 07/01/2019 By DaCachingNana
Out today with the Aaevergreen fam... cracking rocks, picnicking AND heading to Tarryall. This Illinois girl thanks you for placing this find and feeding my obsession!
Cache on??

Found it 07/01/2019 By aaevergreen
tfthsl quick find

Found it 06/29/2019 By NightKnight
Hello from the west coast! Jimlips and I are visiting from northern California. Our goals are to get both Tarryall, and Mingo, among other fine caches. My muggle brother joined us today, and he made most of the finds...without a GPSr! This is a neat series, love the larger size in a sea of micros. TNLNSL ~ Thanks Approve

Found it 06/29/2019 By jimlips
Out with NightKnight from Sacramento - caching in the area today. Thanks for the find! Gotta love ammo cans!

Found it 10/24/2018 By ngrrfan
Tftc

Found it 10/24/2018 By RedV2
TFTC

Found it 10/21/2018 By 2Reed
snagged the cache and spent another hour in the museum. full of interesting things and informed, friendly docents!!

Found it 10/20/2018 By Hypno_Hawk
Found with Tool King TFTC

Found it 10/20/2018 By Tool King
Nice. Easy find. Signed TKHH for Tool King and Hypno_Hawk. TFTC

Found it 10/18/2018 By TeamGunni
TFTC

Found it 09/25/2018 By Mile Hi Travelers
Nice stop on our way to Cripplecreek. It is so wonderful to find a real animal can geocache! Thanks for placing this.

Found it 09/21/2018 By d.digger
Wow! I great museum and an easy find. I had an agenda today so I didn't have time to stop, but it's no my list of things to do. Signed the log and left the dragon trackable.