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Butch Cassidy Ran, But I Stayed…ForeverType: Virtual | Size: Virtual 
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| Terrain:  By: ejldixie and Felicia @ | Hide Date: 09/25/2002 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N38° 43.712 W106° 51.027 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 9 This is a FIVE part virtual cache. Enjoy this hunt in late spring, summer, and early fall of the year. Caution the road to the final cache may be closed in winter, but you can always snowshoe, snowmobile, or ride a horse…all at your own risk. To confirm your find, please e-mail me with a description of the cache. THE BRIGHT PROMISE OF RUBY SILVER DREW 5000 PEOPLE TO THIS AREA IN 1879 FROM AS FAR AS ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. LATER IT BECAME A GHOST TOWN WHEN SILVER WAS DEMONETIZED IN 1884.
My good people as you pass by. As you are now so once was I. As I am now you soon must be, Prepare yourselves to follow me. Who am I ? Part one: Travel to the cache coordinates. It is very near Jack’s cabin. When you find the cache you will see that this man, who served in the Union Army, was from Ohio. Take the number of his Infantry Regiment and add 43 to fill in the 2 blanks below. Use the answer to find the coordinates for part two.
N38 51.916 Part two: You found it! Good. Take the elevation and add 232 to fill in the blanks below. This will take you to the middle of an alley.
N38 52.212 Part three: You are real close at this point. Watch for traffic and look to your south. Next question: What is the 2 story structure called that is about 40 feet away? Before this town got plumbing, many of these buildings existed. It has a upper, so you can enter during DEEP snows, and a lower door. Last time I looked, it was pink with white trim. This type of building is called a ?. See the Hint, if you need help…you city slicker. Now count the number of letters and fill in the blank to find the next cache.
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Part four: Can you feel the presence of Butch Cassidy? I guess he has been long gone. But one day in that wild, Wild West, he checked his gun at the door of this saloon. But some no-count tipped off the local law. When the marshal entered the front door, Butch ran out the back door…and kept going…without his gun. The owners displayed the famous gun on the wall behind the bar for years. Several years ago they learned the worth of the prize and immediately put the gun in a safe deposit box.
N38 51.023 Part five: Congratulations! Enjoy the views and the cache area. There is also a ghost town with a beautiful lake nearby for your viewing.
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Hint: If you are from the city, you may need a hint for part three. Just like all good frontier men, the first thing you built was a cabin, but the second was a place to read the Sears catalog.
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An epidemic of scarlet fever swept the town in the summer of 1881. Miners, housewives, dance hall girls, and babies were struck down by the dreaded disease. I, helped to care for the sick until I, too, was stricken. I died here on that beautiful summer day at the age of seventeen. My broken hearted parents buried me in the little cemetery on the rocky hillside. 
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