GCXX8B Galloping Goose #1 Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: TwoOldBears @ | Hide Date: 08/22/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 09.071 W107° 44.910 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 18
           

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A NARROW-GAUGE RAILROAD HISTORY CACHE: Near the Ridgway Railroad Museum, this cache is located in Ridgway, Colorado's itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny Lions Park. Level terrain, good for children, several parking locations close by. Wheelchair accessable but requires crossing grassy areas.

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CACHE LOCATION: Cache is in the miniscule park next to the Ridgway Railroad Museum. There are numerous railroad and other historical items on outdoor display in and next to this park. Be sure to visit the INDOOR portion of the free museum for working narrow-guage railroad models and other local rail-history displays. PLEASE: DO NOT climb on, crawl under, open, enter, or damage any historical item while searching for the cache -- it is not within 10 feet of any historical item. Note: Although the directors of the Museum & Visitors Center know about the cache, the building is staffed entirely by various volunteers who may not be familiar with the cache.

GALLOPING GOOSE: Built in Ridgway in 1931, the unique railroad "rail-bus" Rio Grande Southern Motor #1 ("Galloping Goose #1") was part Buick automobile and part locomotive/railcar! Seven of these world-famous hybrids were built and six of the originals still exist today. The first one built is the only one ever scrapped (in 1933). It existd only in pictures and documents until 2000 when K. Schaeffer of the Ridgway Railroad Museum painstakingly recreated a full-sized accurate, operating Galloping Goose #1. This Galloping Goose is on display in the outdoor rails portion of the museum. As of 2006, admission to this excellent museum is still free of charge. (SPECIAL INFORMATION: Galloping Goose #4 was also on museum property untill May 2013. It was brought over from it's permanent home in Telluride (Colorado) on May 29, 2008 for a "comprehensive structural and cosmetic restoration" by the museum. Built in 1932 in Ridgway, GG #4 was on-site for four years until the restoration was completed and has now been returned to Telluride where you can see it in their downtown area.)

TRUE GRIT JAIL WAGON: Up until 2017, the actual Jail Wagon from the 1969 movie "True Grit" (starring John Wayne, much of which was filmed in Ridgway) was on display here in Ridgway's Lions Park. Due to the occasional high winds at this location, it was moved the summer of 2017 to a more protected location next the Ouray County Ranch History Museum in the old Railroad Depot Building next to Railroad Avenue, about 1/2 mile from this cache site. You can visit the Ridgway Visitors Center located in the same building as the Railroad Museum to learn more about the many classic westerns filmed in Ouray county.

CACHE CONTAINER: This is a logbook & pen/pencil only cache -- no room in container for anything else. Please carefully close & replace any plastic bags around the container so the log book will (hopefully) not get wet. THANKS!


ENJOY THE CACHE and ENJOY THE HISTORY!

10/14/2018 By NanCycle
Heading home to Pueblo from Grand Junction, we took a little detour to grab some caches in Ouray County--one of only 3 Colorado counties that I didn't have finds in. Parked over by the museum and walked over to the cache. Found it easily, signed the log, took the trackable and replaced the cache. Thanks for hiding this cache.

10/13/2018 By Pjham
TFTC nice day to go for a walk

10/12/2018 By MsHendrix
I found this on my way home to Delta from a Fall Break staycation in Ouray/Ridgway (just what the doctor ordered btw!). I did not visit the museum, because I am still bitter that the taxpayers of Garfield County saw fit to close the excellent railroad museum that used to be in Glenwood Springs. Nonetheless, I appreciate the history lesson. And the fact that the sun finally came out. I discovered Drake and dipped a bug. TFTC!

10/09/2018 By Hives
After finishing the CoM's in Delta, we headed south for a few new counties. We couldn't have picked a better time to visit this area as the views were spectacular. Still had a lot of fall colors to enjoy plus the snow covered mountain tops. A very enjoyable afternoon adventure. A fun place to stop and a good place to drop off a TB. Nice hide. SL. TFTC

10/09/2018 By ARK GOOSE
Caching with Hives and picking up counties in Colorado SL - TFTC

09/10/2018 By MGB/FLW
A fun find. There was a family of small children and their father playing nearby and they were having so much fun we had to smile! Thanks for the cache.

09/02/2018 By Bronco461
In good shape, tftc

08/31/2018 By Walkingadventure
Mrs WA spotted it I grabbed it

08/25/2018 By RollingRedHead
Cool spot. Amazing views!

08/24/2018 By DesertDeb
Thank you

08/18/2018 By Wonder Woman II
Third cache in a row in Ridgway that has been muggled. This one content seem good and we replaced where we’re sure it originally was supposed to be, SL.

08/08/2018 By rocketglider
Thanks for the hide.

08/04/2018 By GORDIANE75
tfth

07/30/2018 By J.a.x.l
Lovely! TFTC

07/22/2018 By EAGLE31
Out with Ku_uipo and the boy. TFTF

07/20/2018 By jgeissler05
Great cache!

07/20/2018 By geissler6
Great cache!

07/16/2018 By AZSNOJEEP
Got it. TFTC. Museum closed. Must be too early

07/15/2018 By Henne1312
We had a short coffee-stop on our way to Durango. A walk across the street and a quick find.

Thanks for the cache!

07/15/2018 By Geo.Dan
Found it