GC9987 Virtual Cache The Old Vaquero
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Tahosa @ | Hide Date: 10/09/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 25.367 W105° 05.615 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 14
This is a Three (3) stage Virtual cache. With ties to the Old Dynamo.

This Cache is Wheelchair Accessible.

STAGE ONE (1)

1. Who am I? N 40° 25.367 W 105° 05.615

I stand under my Stetson, my watch is in my pocket. While my left thumb is in my pocket; right foot forward, my eyes gazing towards my old homestead.

STAGE TWO (2)

Now go to N40°23.964 & W105°07.391 for questions 2 & 3

2. _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ 1812 - 1878

3. _ _ _ _ _ "John" _ _ _ _ _ _ Died 1874

This also the location of the Waymark known as: Namqua

STAGE THREE (3)

Re-opened fall of 2018!! Photos

N40°25.191 & W105° 16.842

Now that you know who I am answer the following questions.

  • The person in #2 is my _ _ _ _ + _ _ _ _ _ _ .
  • The person in #3 is my _ _ _ _ _ _.
  • The stones beneath your feet were ____________ .
  • Name the tool of my trade that is in the case.

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 Hints

Approach #2 from the east, look low for the markers. We are flanked by others. #3 is close to the Old Dynamo

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16 Logs: Found it 16  

Found it 03/21/2019 By YamaGypsy
I enjoy caches like this. Teaches you the history of some of the pioneers of the area. Email sent, thanks!

Found it 03/21/2019 By chihuahuajill
Had fun finding all the answers and learning about this interesting man. YamaGypsy sent the answers to the CO for both of us. Thanks for placing this cache for me to find. TFTC.

Found it 10/07/2018 By Pinerypros
Interesting locations and history. Sent answers to cache owner. TFTC.

Found it 09/24/2018 By Tippytoes4489
Loved the sculpture gardens with my mom montaukjen

Found it 09/24/2018 By montaukjen
We are visiting from Florida and enjoyed exploring the area. Answers sent. Thanks

Found it 08/26/2018 By doglover&pups
This morning I took a nice walk around the Sculpture park and enjoyed the statues.
Early this afternoon when it was quite warm i found myself at stage 2. Stage three is still closed, but I hope to visit there someday. TFTC

Found it 10/10/2017 By goldribbon
Was able to find answers at stage 1 and 2 but stage 3 is still closed.

Found it 06/26/2017 By smithj9
Acachingcat and I came to the area from Florida. Our primary goal was to find as many virtuals and earth caches as possible. We also grabbed a few other caches along the way. We had a whirlwind trip finding 7 new states, hiking to mountain tops and learning so much history along the way. We had a blast and appreciate every CO for placing caches for us to find along the way. Any emails, photos and answers will be sent from acachingcat.

Found it 06/26/2017 By acachingcat
Smithj9 and I left Fort Collins early to take a drive and cache through Poudre Canyon down to Grand Lake. We saw all kinds of neat places and learned a lot about the history of the area on our way. Thanks for placing and maintaining these caches for us to enjoy while visiting from Florida. We had a lot of fun working on this virtual and several others in and around town today and learned a lot about the history of the area.

Found it 11/28/2016 By MI Barrel Makers
We were able to make a quick trip to CO and WY this past weekend and today was our last day. We had a great time traveling to various places and seeing many historic and scenic places. We found quite a few caches too! This was one we were able to stop at along our route. thanks for placing this cache. Emailed answers.

Caching since August 29, 2010 this was find #13693 for us The MI Barrel Makers, from Grand Rapids, MI

Found it 09/19/2016 By LasVegasBones
What a wonderful virtual. When I first started caching I started this hide and I'm uncertain now how or why but I remember at the second stage searching high and wide through some rocks. I love learning about the history of an area and this was great! Thanks Tahosa!
Namaqua

Benson Sculpture Garden

Found it 07/08/2016 By VikingNav
It’s our last full day in Colorado after attending GeoWoodstock 14er. We spent the day hunting down a lot of the virtual caches north of Denver, and seeing the country. Thanks to all the owners who have placed these caches and have kept them going. Found the info for this cache over several days as we hunted up virtuals all over the area. TFTVC

Found it 07/06/2016 By russb80
Stopped here during our time at GeowoodStock with Makeme. Thanks for bringing this one to our attention and for your efforts in making this fun. See Makeme answers to your questions.

Found it 07/06/2016 By makeme
BigSmileBigSmile 5:13:00 PM cache # 23799 After attending GeoWoodstock we headed north to find some of the Moose Challenges Moose Challenges, earth caches and virtuals. On the Moose Challenges our stats show that we qualify for the challenge. Tahosa and Sons thanks for the fun. Email sent to CO's on the earthcaches and virtuals.

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Found it 07/03/2016 By Catzilla
VikingNav and I are touring Colorado during our 10-day Geowoodstock 14er vacation. Our targets were Virtuals, Earthcaches, new counties, and caches with high favorite points, as well as any other great cache that catches our eye along the way. By the end of the trip we have found 84 amazing virtuals, several awesome Earthcaches, 36 new counties, and many great caches. I made my milestone of 1,000 Virtual Finds and then passed it by finding an additional 27! I am very thankful to all the cache owners that helped make this trip such a blast! Without your efforts, geocaching wouldn’t be the same. I have emailed all our answers to each CO of the Virtuals and Earthcaches found.

Found it 06/30/2016 By oaknest
Found with CarlottaP. What an interesting story. We really enjoyed researching the Old Vaquero. Thanks for the interesting find!