GC1HB5E Traditional Cache Colorado Spirit Quest #138--Bald Mountain Cemetery
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: outdrlvr201 @ | Hide Date: 10/18/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 47.748 W105° 32.762 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

!! Exciting New Cache Series!!

“COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST”

The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.

There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across Colorado. This series will introduce you to many of them.

The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and tombstones.

COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST is not affiliated with any other ‘Spirit Quest’ group. Special thanks and credit are given to SixDogTeam who started the Indiana Spirit Quest in 2004. The idea has rapidly spread into many states.

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It cannot be accomplished by just one or two people. This project will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place these caches.

After locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the lives of those pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state.

If you are interested in joining the “Walking Through History Clan” contact may be made by sending an e-mail to the owner of “Colorado Spirit Quest #1 – Mo untain Passage”. Use the ‘Send Message” link at the center of the page of their profile.

Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its maintenance.

REMEMBER:

If you are APPREHENSIVE about cemeteries – AVOID this series.

Thanks to Clan Members: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, Grand High Pobah, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, LadyCoots, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man, *Sparky*, TwoCs and Outdrlvr201.

New Clan members are always Welcome

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BALD MOUNTAIN CEMETARY/CEMETERY--(misspelled on its sign)

The original cemetery in Nevadaville was located in the center of town. It was moved to its present location in the name of progress and practicality. It was opened in 1877 by the board of Nevadaville, although the oldest stone dates to 1865 and there are 17 others that predate the opening.

There have been many reports over the years of ghosts and paranormal occurrences. One tombstone has the glass-covered picture of its underlying resident, Estel Slater, who died in 1895 at the age of 23; the picture was installed by his parents. At times, his ghost has been reported to wander the premises. Another legend concerns the buried remains of a woman determined to be recognized as a true witch by her peers. At a certain spot in the cemetery one is supposed to notice the weak stench of rotting flesh. If you are in the right area, a green mist is rumored to appear and a woman will stand upright and disperse maggots over the ground.

To reach the cemetery, go through the town of Central City on Eureka, which turns into Upper Apex Road. Follow the road past the Rocky Mountain 2 IOOF-1865 cemetery, past the water treatment plant (the road becomes Bald Mountain Road). At a point where the Bald Mountain Road sign indicates you should turn left, continue straight ahead on Bald Mountain Lane (street not labeled). The cemetery is on the right side about 0.1 mile down the road.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/29/2019 By Pixel Magic
TFTC
Headed up to the mountains today to escape some of the heat in the city. Great day to explore an area that we had not been to before.

Good condition.

Found it 05/18/2019 By Wulff Pack
Enjoyed my walk around the cemetary, looking for this, and the nearby multi (which I could not find). I pre-loaded both cache descriptions on an app (c:geo), but the descriptions did not load. I was happy to find this one.

Found it 10/06/2018 By DaSportsBabe
Found with C@$heMon €Y. Everything in good condition

Found it 10/06/2018 By C@$heMon€Y
Found with DaSportsBabe. Cache in good condition.

Found it 09/27/2018 By sara crow
Such a beautiful cemetery. Thanks for bringing me here!

Found it 09/11/2018 By J&J Team Yukon
Greetings from Oklahoma. Took a little road trip from where we are staying to do a little caching. Very neat old area. Love the old cemeteries. TFTH

Found it 08/22/2018 By 2lablovers
Day 3 of 3 days in the mountains finding caches, checking on our caches, gambling and even hiding 2 caches. We were lucky - it was supposed to rain starting about noon but held off until we were almost home. Maybe this cemetery is haunted. We came by here twice today and both times our GPS said we had two more miles to go even though we were here. Took us quite a while to find the cache but enjoyed the walk thru here.

Found it 08/04/2018 By lwiscomb
Tftc!

Found it 07/27/2018 By cajrrman
I decided to head for the hills around Central City for some caching today. I made the find here at 9:39 am. Thanks for the cache!

This is a nice cemetery here. It took me a few minutes to spot this cache as the GPS seems to be jumping around. Must be the ghosts.

Found it 07/19/2018 By lopaoorgella
TFTG. GPS didn’t work very good there.