!! 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 - Mo untain 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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Serious mining began in Clear Creek Canyon in 1880. The first cabins were built by prospectors at Beaver City. These first prospectors, Cooley and Babcock, were camped in the area when their mules wandered. The next morning Cooley and Babcock when to look for their animals. They found the mules at the creek - as well as gold! Beaver City never grew big enough to warrant a post office and consisted of approximately 20 cabins. Of those 20, only two remain.

The cache is a cammoed pill bottle containing a log only. Please bring your own writing instrument.

Also worth a visit are the ghost towns of Vicksburg and Winfield (there is a cache here) farther down County Raod 390. Both have many original buildings.

Keep your eyes open and you'll also see a beaver lodge in a small pond on the south side of County Road 390.

There are plenty of of places to camp and/or picnic in this very scenic area.

NOTE: Please be respectful of the current residents of the easterly cabin at Beaver Creek: