GC3MQQG Colorado Gold Rush
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Pueblo Pioneers @ | Hide Date: 06/10/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 15.506 W104° 35.533 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
   

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One of a series of caches recognizing figures from Pueblo's early days.

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The Colorado Gold Rush began in 1858 when word of William Greeneberry "Green" Russell's discovery spread. The motto "Pike's Peak or Bust!" became popular as the whole mountain region was known as Pike's Peak at the time. Merchants and businessmen quickly recognized the opportunity to provide supplies and services to the gold-seekers, and the new town of Pueblo began to grow.

Most of the information to create this series came from the following three books: Pueblo, an Illustrated History by Eleanor Fry & Ione Miller. 2001. Heritage Media Corp. Carlsbad, CA Pueblo, a Pictorial History by Joanne West Dodds. 1982. The Donning Company/Publishers. Norfolk, VA They All Came to Pueblo: a Social History by Joanne West Dodds. 1994. The Donning Company/Publishers. Virginia Beach, VA

06/16/2019 By Nmhunter1969
Tftf!

05/15/2019 By TJpooh
Tjpooh

05/08/2019 By trsisneros
Great for littles. 7 year old son found, and was his first. He is still excited.

03/28/2019 By Triciayab1
Good hide tjpooh

02/04/2019 By motwenty
Tftf sl left ysome s wag

07/15/2018 By SeekDaCache
Once we learned about the Hidden Creature Challenge we knew we would have to travel in order to complete the challenge. We simply did not have one hundred caches within 40 miles to be able to log.. Since we had not been in the Pueblo area for years we decided to cache our way to and then in the area.

Day one started cool as we left very early in the morning, then grew to a very hot day. We performed maintenance for numerous cache owners. We replaced wet and full logs as well as broken and incomplete containers. We also replaced complete caches that were missing and accumulating numerous DNF's. We also had DNF's of our own on caches that were recently found but did not replace those.

Thank you NanCycle for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

06/01/2018 By leon1554
Gg

04/04/2018 By purple&black
Quick and easy tftf

03/11/2018 By Colorado 59'er
Hanging with the grandkids and picking up a couple of caches along with Bella the Wonder Dog. TFTC/SL

09/17/2017 By DustyKat
We parked at Runyon lake and started up the various trails. TFTC