Colorado Spirit Quest #398 - Sapinero Cemetery

Colorado Spirit Quest Series

Sapinero Cemetery

Take a historical walking tour on this quick two stage multi-cache (see details) all within the cemetery.
Room for small travel bugs & micro coins. Bring your own pen.
Do NOT disturb or deface any grave markers.

History:

Sapinero was first named Buchannan, Glendale, and Soap Creek. The name was eventually changed to Sapinero for Ute Indian sub-chief “Sapawanero” or “Sapavanero”, who was the brother-in-law of the famous Ute chief, Ouray. It is believed the name was chosen to give the railroad political or diplomatic advantage with the Ute Indians.

Sapinero was originally located on the north side of the Gunnison River about 1 mile north of its present location. In 1962-1963, it was abandoned and moved 1 mile south as Blue Mesa Reservoir was constructed. The original town site is now under water. Sapinero is currently located south of Blue Mesa Reservoir (see waypoint below).

At the same time, the Sapinero Cemetery was relocated 1 mile north placing it on the north side of Blue Mesa Resevoir surrounded by (but not on) National Park Service land.

View From the Cemetery

Sapinero between 1890-1930 by George L. Beam. Note the Rainbow Hotel on middle left.		Sapinero 2011 from the Cemetery

Rainbow Hotel dated 1917. Shows Craig Goodwin & Nellie Carpenter. See if you can find their graves.		Cemetery 2011

Unmarked Grave		Unamarked Grave

Please take some time to reflect back on the lives of these pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state!! The only guarantee in life is death. Where will you be?

Stage 1: Our Darling Our Love

Find Our Darling Our Love and Darling's Parents.
Calculate:
      A = [Mother's Death Year] - [Darling's Death Year] - 1
      B = [Darling's Death Month]
      C = [Mother's Birth Year] - [Father's Birth Year]
      D = [Father's Death Month] - [Father's Birth Month]
      E = [Mother's Birth Day] - [Darling's Birth Day]
      F = [Mother's Death Day] - [Mother's Birth Day]

Stage 2: The Cache

Coordinates:
N38 27.ABC W107 19.DEF

Please make sure container is closed securely and re-hidden as well or better than you found it. Maintaining the difficulty rating depends on you.

Colorado Spirit Quest Information:

The Colorado Spirit Quest (CSQ) 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 provide a history tour of these cemeteries. If you are apprehensive about cemeteries, avoid this series.

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place these caches. Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its maintenance.

New volunteers are always Welcome!! If you are interested in being a part of this project, email the owner of Colorado Spirit Quest #1 – Golden Mountain Passage.

Thanks to the current volunteers: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, Grand High Pobah, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man, Outdrlvr201, Condor1, 2Cachedivers, arthurat, smilz787, Kyotmoon, Mountain Roamer, SugarPug, Team Tiger Pride, ernie66, drnetwork, Team w-bar-v, Dynamite Rabbit, DustyKat, mtnbirders, RustyBeerCan & Marma, grymreaper, nteclpr, Moose1 & Mama Moose, Joe Friday, 3cacheteers, 3cacheteers, Dasha Aussies, KB0UMW, hiking_fool, tripping, res71cue and 1Mrs1Ogre, and nickgatt, kingbee, The misgnoners, rbradu, shashyaz&foxy, Bugranger, Lyonden ut., Any Direction, Sewnssew, and The Meandering Monkeys.

Additional Waypoints

RF31H2Z - Sapinero
N 38° 27.571 W 107° 18.194