GC7BK8R Traditional Cache Southside School - RCSH#7
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: momcheers @ | Hide Date: 08/07/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 29.754 W106° 54.534 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Park and Grab 

The seventh of a series of caches planned to be hidden at or near the historic rural schoolhouses of Routt County - beginning in West Routt during the summer of 2016!

A small bison tube type cache hanging at 6659' above sea level! The school house sits on private land, so please respect the landowner's property and the residences! You do NOT need to go on the schoolhouse land to find this cache!

"Southside was the name given the area south of the Yampa River and west of Steamboat Springs. Before District 16 was formed in 1912, Southside was part of the Pool District 25 and Steamboat Springs District 4. Classes met in a nearby ranch house until a school was built in 1913. It was one of only nine county schools still operating when it closed in 1958, one of the few existing districts remaing when the county reorganized. The white frame school and teacherage still stand along County Road 33, approximately four miles west of Steamboat Springs. Both are now residences." (Windows to Yesterday; Routt County, Rural Schools 1883-1960, Leslie, 1998, p.51)

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9 Logs: Found it 9  

Found it 06/27/2019 By rockymtn8iv
We've been watching this one for a while both literally & figuratively. We drive by this one almost daily. Today was an interesting turn.
We noticed a peculiar looking person seemed to be looking real hard for this one. We decided to stop and make it a joint effort.
By the time we got turned around and back to GZ the person had taken off.
The strangest part of all???
I would have sworn they were paddling away in a small boat.
Anyway, we found the cache easy enough but was surprised to see a new log. The only name on it was Cap'n Ron.

Didn't see ForkLMan's mark! He musta forgot to sign the log!

I don't know....the things we've seen while caching!
That all aside I've always loved this ole place & we know the people that own the property to the immediate west real well.
We have captured more than one postcard perfect photo of this place.
Thanx for all the nostalgic caches.
FI Smile SL

Found it 06/27/2019 By Fork L Man
nice hide TFTC/bruce

Found it 06/27/2019 By Cap'n Ron
Arrrgh!
T'is un was a doosey! The tall grass didna help any.
First I foun' lid a hangin' by a rusty wire! Then diggin'deep in t'e grass I finds t'e rest o' it.........minus t'e log.
I dids some quick main'enance a gave 'er a new log. Got outta t'ere nones too soon as I saw some ratter strange lookin' folk w/two yappers pullup as I was a rowin' t'e dinghy away!
T'is a nice view o' a charrrmin' lil schoolhouse.
Reminds me o'me youth!
Harrr, harrr, harrrr! Evil
FISLed it!
Thank Ye Fer The Cache!

Found it 10/14/2018 By Coloboy
TFTC

Found it 08/15/2018 By MAGICN3
Nice quick find close to the highway. TFTC.

Found it 07/22/2018 By rozowski5
R1 and DerSucher! drove out here with the geo pup. Found it very quickly. All was in good shape. Thanks for placing here and for the geofun!

Found it 06/26/2018 By JTgirlz
So cool to visit one of the Routt County old-time School houses.tftc

Found it 04/28/2018 By yoda575
Found

Found it 10/14/2017 By egroeg38
Visiting Steamboat for a few days. Very nice hide. Thanks for the history lesson. TFTC SL