Colorado Spirit Quest #510 - Lodore Cemetery

The actual Lodore cemetery is about 1/4 mile further down this road.... however, it's on the Brown's Park National Wildlife Refuge and I could not get them to respond to my request to place a geocache, so I did the next best thing... put it outside of the border! Now, I expect you to travel on down the road to see this very cool place... hey you came this far, you might as well, and there are some very nice vault bathrooms there!

The cemetery has about 30 graves and is located at the Old Lodore School which is on the registry of National Historic Places. There is a huge boulder at the corner of the cemetery which was moved from the mouth of Irish Canyon by the Moffat County Road Department. There are Indian petroglyphs on three of it's sides and on the fourth side, a plaque commerating Fort Davy Crockett - aka: Fort Misery or Fort de Misère. This fort was built somewhere in this valley (the actual site has never been verified) in 1837 by 3 mountain men (Thompson, Craig & Sinclair) and was a winter rendezvous for traders, trappers and Indians until after 1840 when it was abandoned. One famous visitor that mentioned it in his diaries was Kit Carson!

The Lodore Hall has acted as a community center for the area since 1910. Dances, funerals and community parties, including Christmas parties rumored to have been thrown by Butch Cassidy are example of the community event held here in additon to church and school.

The historic Two Bar Ranch - built by Thomas white in 1887 is nearby, by use caution when exploring this stie as it is very primitive and you are a LONG way from medical help! The Two Bar Ranch is known from the Bassett and Butch Cassidy time frame!

More information on all of these sites can usually be found in the brochure rack outside of the cemetery.

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