GC3X3B4 Traditional Cache TITAN I - SITE 724C
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: RckMtnMic @ | Hide Date: 09/18/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 38.225 W104° 30.029 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
I DECIDED TO PLACE CACHES IN HONOR OF ALL THE MEN WHO SERVED WITH THE AIR FORCE/LOWRY AFB TITAN I MISSILE FORCE DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR HISTORY. IT WAS THEIR DEDICATION, SACRIFICE, AND SERVICE THAT MADE THE TITAN I PROGRAM AS STRONG AS IT WAS.

PLEASE REFER TO MY WEBSITE FOR PICTURES AND LINKS FOR THE TITAN I ICBM MISSILE SYSTEM:

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THERE WERE 6 TITAN I ICBM MISSILE SITES IN COLORADO. THEY WERE INSTALLED IN THE EARLY 1960'S BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO COUNTER THE COLD WAR THREAT OF A STRIKE-FIRST NUCLEAR ASSAULT ON THE U.S. AND IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT HE DID, FOR IF IT WERE NOT FOR THIS CAPABILITY, THE CUBA MISSILE CRISIS WOULD HAVE ENDED VERY DIFFERENTLY. IT'S A SHAME THAT WE NEEDED OUR OWN STRIKE-FIRST NUCLEAR OFFENSIVE, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT KHRUSHCHEV LISTENED TO.

BASE 724C IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD, HOWEVER THE 19 ACRE SITE IS STILL THERE, MINUS MISSILES AND DIESEL GENERATORS. THIS SITE AS WELL AS 725A ARE THE ONLY ONES IN PRIVATE HANDS.

THESE MISSILES WERE NEVER NEEDED FORTUNATELY, BUT THEIR PRESENCE AND READINESS DETERRED THE SOVIETS FROM ATTEMPTING A NUCLEAR STRIKE OF THEIR OWN. THEY WERE EVENTUALLY DECOMMISSIONED AND REPLACED BY A MORE CAPABLE TITAN II ICBM SYSTEM, WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN DECOMMISSIONED AS WELL.

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Hm, ... must be like herding cats!
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7 Logs: Found it 7  

Found it 04/04/2019 By team.STEWART817
Thank you for the lesson and the cache!

Found it 09/03/2018 By Mean Kitty
Find #48837

Its been a long hot summer in Texas, I've been trying to get out and do a caching trip a couple of times this summer, but it never worked out. Finally managed to get a week off, and am so happy to be out here in Colorado. The weather if perfect, and there is a load of caches that need my name on Smile Thanks so much for the hide RckMtnMic, I really enjoyed finiding this cache!

Found it 06/16/2018 By maize33
Fun hide! Dropped a few pieces of swag. TFTC!

Found it 05/13/2018 By fearthefish
Out and about on a Sunday caching run with the always cheerful herndonrd. We decided to head out to the plains because we felt like grabbing a bunch today. We managed to find and sign over 40 caches, which was pretty good for a few hours of "work".

I enjoyed watching herndonrd make the quick grab here, which he did for most of the caches we found today (Translation: I don't move fast enough). After we did the whole sign and replace thing we were back in the geomobile and off to the next one. Thanks for the fun hide and for your contribution to a great day of caching.

Found it 05/13/2018 By herndonrd
Out on a caching run with FeartheFish. TFTC!

Found it 04/28/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

Found it 04/03/2018 By ColoradoA_Team
TFTC, signed log!