GC1DHGY Traditional Cache Colorado Spirit Quest #5 - Riverside Cemetery
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Ivy Dog Parents @ | Hide Date: 06/24/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 47.555 W104° 57.812 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 8
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!! Exciting New Cache Series!!

“COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST”

The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked' before us.

There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across Colorado. This series will introduce you to many of them.

The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and tombstones.

COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST is not affiliated with any other ‘Spirit Quest' group. Special thanks and credit are given to SixDogTeam who started the Indiana Spirit Quest in 2004. The idea has rapidly spread into many states.

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It cannot be accomplished by just one or two people. This project will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place these caches.

After locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the lives of those pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state.

If you are interested in joining the “Walking Through History Clan” contact may be made by sending an e-mail to the owner of “Colorado Spirit Quest #1 – Mountain Passage”. Use the ‘Send Message” link at the center of the page of their profile.

Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its maintenance.

REMEMBER:

If you are APPREHENSIVE about cemeteries – AVOID this series.

Thanks to Clan Members: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, and Grand High Pobah, CDirtO, FulComers, and Boborr 80909. New Clan members are always Welcome

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In the 1890s developments beyond control of the cemetery's trustees began to prove harmful to the quiet dignity of the grounds and its visitors including the uncomfortably close location of the Burlington Railroad line and growth of Denver which led to industrial expansion nearer and nearer to the property. Finding competition from Fairmount Cemetery too intense and burdened by the encroachment of Riversides boundaries, On January 10, 1900, Fairmount Cemetery and Riverside Cemetery was under one ownership.

Riverside is 77 developed acres and has over 67,000 people buried.

There are three of the territorial Colorado governors buried here - John Evans, Samuel H. Elbert, and John L. Routt. Some other notable people buried here include, Augusta Tabor, Barney and Julia Ford, Sarah Likens, Silas Soule, and Owen Glodrick.

There is a "Walk Through Historical Riverside Cemetery" book available at the cemetery office. The cemetery grounds are OPEN from 8am to 5pm every day.

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21 Logs: Found it 21  

Found it 06/04/2022 By 5280muzik
?Thank you? my Ultamate time travel. memories R all we have. Learning ,Shareing and showing possabilitys of diffrent worlds in diffrent times.by fare my Favorite one. Its a easy find, easy to show others get them hooked and involved. It was t6he 1st one i found with my late husband back when i pregnant with our 1st son. Mine & My husbands & my 2 miracle minons logs. Will for ever mean the world to me & the baby boys. We unfortunately have lost him to a hard to short battle with freedom from the system. he passed away in 2019 [R.I.P Michael E. Meis] we love u forever asnd & always ???????

Found it 05/13/2022 By NerdyReP
Quick find an a cemetery took me a minute to find my way in though LOL. Tftc

Found it 04/28/2022 By Sassymama_02
Quick and easyQuick and easy

Found it 04/10/2022 By Berb57
Grabbed this one on our trek up north of Colorado Springs. Thanks.

Found it 04/08/2022 By Hypno_Hawk
Tftc

Found it 06/30/2019 By geocyclists85
I was riding my geocycle down Platte River Trail and decided to do this geocache. Aunt Clara Brown is another famous Coloradan who is buried here. She moved here from Kentucky after she was a freed slave. She then helped many other former slaves with money she earned from a laundry business for miners in Central City. Google her. She is amazing! TFTC.

Found it 06/08/2019 By EvilWickedMochaScout
We'd looked once before, but GZ was being guarded by some many-legged creatures and we chickened out. Easy find this time - TFTC.

Found it 03/31/2019 By Deannalynn420
Had a great walk. Loved the history here. Thanks

Found it 09/04/2018 By Spac3Queen
Cool! Last found on my bday ??

Found it 09/04/2018 By luciansreign
Crazy cool cemetery, found with Spac3eQueen

Found it 08/30/2018 By Gen5280
Down under

Found it 07/11/2018 By mdawaffe
Found with shell1fish in a rush to get to the airport after our flat tire :) Thanks for the cache!

Found it 07/02/2018 By lasouthpaw
I found myself in the area and decided to stop off in here. It was a hot afternoon and I debated leaving the car running, but decided to crack the windows instead. I found the cache pretty quickly, but it had come dislodged from its hiding spot and it was a place I didn't want to reach my hand this time of year. Oddly enough, I had two pokey sticks in the car. (My original intent was to use them to poke LPCs.) I used them like chopsticks to get the cache out. The log is pretty damp, but still signable. I put everything back and tried to stick the cache where I thought it should go. Then it fell and wound up right in the spot I found it. Oh well. Thanks for the smiley! Find #2517

Found it 06/05/2018 By grizzlycacher
Found while finishing the OWLS Virtual.

Found it 05/27/2018 By drewmcb
Cool

Found it 05/26/2018 By magic5280
nice day to explor see older things

Found it 03/15/2018 By jaceyw
Tftc!!

Found it 03/04/2018 By Kerewin0430
Picked up some regular caches while gathering stages for a virtual. What a cool cemetery!! So many old graves in this one, and really interesting monuments/mausoleums. Thanks for placing this one!

Found it 02/18/2018 By goblin8u2
:)

Found it 01/13/2018 By Heeesh and Wanda T.
TFTC! SL. Cool place!

Found it 01/06/2018 By momcheers
Love the Colorado Spirit Quest series because it brings me to cool old cemeteries like this one! Wow this history here is amazing!!! Would never have come here if it wasn’t for this geocache, so thank you so much!!! Made my day!