GC156NW Traditional Cache Chief Hosa Lodge
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Greasepot @ | Hide Date: 08/16/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 42.679 W105° 18.826 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 5
Takes less than an hour  Available during winter  Not Wheelchair accessible 
The Chief Hosa Lodge stands on the original site of the Denver San Fransisco stagecoach line.

In 1912 Denver passed a mill levy tax to create the parks. The first parcel purchased was 350 acres in Genessee. This was billed as America's first motor camping area. An overnight stay cost 25 cents.

In 1916 the City of Denver authorized the construction of a $40,000 lodge.

Then came the Great Depression. The lodge was deeded to the American Legion. Then it became a museum. Next it was a gambling hall and later a bordello. It has also been a grocery store, restaurant and youth hostel.
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Backside of smaller of three pine trees.
About eye height.

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15 Logs: Found it 11  Didn't find it 3  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 07/04/2019 By palestar
Nice short hike. Beautiful area! TFTC

Found it 06/10/2019 By Kroozer
Such a pretty area! Signed log. Thanks for the cache!

Found it 05/25/2019 By Team GPSaxophone
Camping here this weekend. Took the kids on a short hike to get this one

Owner Maintenance 05/24/2019 By Greasepot
Replaced cache.

Didn't find it 05/18/2019 By BregginNinjas
Sadly, no joy. Poked in the leaf litter a good bit just in case.

Didn't find it 08/03/2018 By OladyOman
Looked all over. Wore wrong shoes and kept sliding so gave up. Maybe some other day.

Didn't find it 07/11/2018 By djdvmkc
Looked on ground around tree too

Found it 07/08/2018 By Teriyaki Donuts
This one may need to be attached to its location again. It fell as I was opening it. I put it as close as I could to its original location. Love it!

Found it 07/06/2018 By landinfamily
My eagle eyed son once again found it. Visiting from Arizona

Found it 03/25/2018 By MasterYoda1988
Found with muddyboots1988 and seekdacache. Tftc

Found it 03/10/2018 By Scaber
Thank you for placing this cache and helping to keep our recreation going.

Found it 03/03/2018 By Muddyboots1988
Went to a tasting for the wedding at the Crystal Rose with SeekDaCache and MasterYoda1988. Decided to grab some caches in the area. TFTC

Found it 03/03/2018 By SeekDaCache
We were at the Crystal Rose on look out mountain for a food tasting to decide what to have at my daughter's Muddyboots88 and her fiance Masteryoda88 wedding dinner. After the food tasting we headed out to grab a few caches in the area to work off some of the food we had. SL,TFTC

Found it 12/29/2017 By TeamSerafin
Quick find...TFTC

Found it 12/13/2017 By jasperdakota
Thanks for the cache! Caching in the area today.