GC321F6 Back In Time - Spencer
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: The Meandering Monkeys @ | Hide Date: 08/06/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 21.090 W107° 05.716 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
               

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Go Back In Time To Spencer, Colorado

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Micro located near Spencer. Cache is placed for year round accessibility, but please follow the road (when open) a short distance to the Spencer town site.
Bring your own pen & tweezers. Do NOT disturb or deface any ruins.

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.

History: In 1893, Cameron was established as a gold mining town at the head of Wildcat Gulch. It was later renamed Spencer. The gold deposits were soon mined out. However, the discovery of copper kept the town going until 1920. Spencer reached its peak population in the late 1890s and had a post office from 1894 until 1907. In September 1894, Spencer formed School District #15 and, in January 1895, the first school was held in a rented log cabin. In 1897, the booming mining town bought a lot with a stable on it and converted the stable into a school building. In 1902, the citizens decided they needed a more substantial school in a more suitable location. The old school was torn down and a new one built near the center of the town. This building served Spencer and the surrounding area as a school and social center until 1946. During the 1960s and 1970s, the school was used sporadically as a cow camp and hunting camp. On January 21, 1997, the Spencer school and its out-buildings were listed as a Colorado State Historic Site. The site includes the school, a well, shed, privies, and teacher's cabin. The school is one of Gunnison County's best surviving examples of a typical one-room rural schoolhouse. Information primarily taken from "A Trip through the Historic Mining Country of the Gunnison Field Office" by Dave Lazorchak (2006) and Gunnison County Historic Preservation Commission website.

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!!

Back In Time Series:

Back In Time is a series of caches placed near historic sites to remind us to remember our past. We can learn so much from studying the past. This series will provide a history tour of Colorado.

Their days are gone but not forgotten!!

Additional Waypoints

RF321F6 - Spencer Town Site
N 38° 21.344 W 107° 06.726

11/10/2018 By momcheers
Don’t know if we found the cache or a replacement. Where we found this one wouldn’t be accessible in the winter according to this drift fence! Lol! We put it a little higher on the post we found it on. Thanks for the great history!

10/19/2018 By mcmm1
Out finishing our Colorado Counties this weekend. Tftc

10/19/2018 By mcmwest
Out for a 3 day weekend hopefully finishing the Colorado Counties Challenge and filling in a bunch of DeLorme pages. Beautiful scenery in the fall here.

09/11/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
Quick pull off & found the tiny replacement. Needed a TOTT.

09/07/2018 By IowaGerd
I believe, that this dude is MIA. I placed a micro at GZ. If I am wrong, just delete my find.

08/18/2018 By ccdell
Out for a short drive (turned out to be 16 hours) to go caching and sightseeing. TFTC

07/22/2018 By tsumommy
Bummer, took a good look, but no dice.

07/15/2018 By cal25
I had to go back to the car for tweezers for this one. Fortunately the car was right by my side. Thanks for placing and maintaining this geocache.

10/01/2017 By Knyte7
Long hunt, no find.

08/18/2017 By HD4
Couldn't find it :(