GC2CQ4G Traditional Cache DSP&H Horseshoe Site
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Grand High Pobah @ | Hide Date: 08/05/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 12.213 W106° 05.210 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Not Available during winter  Parking available  Bicycles  Motorcycles  Quads  Off-road vehicles 
The cache is a decon container. It is not winter friendly.
This is one of the caches in a series of caches dedicated to Fallen Flag railroads. Fallen Flags are those railroads that no longer exist either through abandonment or corporate takeover. With each cache will come a short history lesson explaining a little something about the railroad.

DSP&H are the initials of the Denver, South Park, and Hilltop railroad. It was a narrow gauge line (3’ between the rails) that ran between Hilltop Junction (about 3/4 mile south of Fairplay) and the town of Leavick, a distance of about 11 miles.

The townsite of Horseshoe was named after the interesting horseshoe shaped cirque at the head of the valley. I have not been able to find out what was located here but it would be reasonable to speculate that this would have been a support area for the mining that took place high above the end of the railroad's end at Leavick.
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6 Logs: Found it 6  

Found it 10/22/2018 By smithdk
Quick find at 1548 while exploring.
TNLNSL
TFTC

Found it 07/07/2018 By thirdeyerob
Yay!!

Found it 06/21/2018 By dan1868
Found this cache after the limber Grove hike on the way back to the truck. I recommend starting at Horseshoe Campground and Hiking up then it's a downhill walk back to your vehicle.

Found it 05/31/2018 By nmsunsets2
Thanks for the history & putting a cache in this beautiful area. Signed log.

Found it 05/08/2018 By brooktrout86
Good hide

Found it 10/05/2017 By CowwFace
Found this on a cold camping trip. Thanks for the hide.