GCA612 Virtual Cache Douglas #3 20-Mile House
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: Jim Reeb @ | Hide Date: 11/09/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 31.127 W104° 46.080 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 56

This is number three in a series of historical points within Douglas County Colorado.

This is the location of 20-mile house, or rather, what is left of it.

There are two monuments to the west side of the building that don't belong there. They were originally placed to mark the intersection of two trails. This will be a later Geocache.

I will not say much about 20-Mile House because there is much information at the site.

Pine Grove School was located directly across the street but was destroyed when K-Mart was built. It is now under the parking lot. Parker was called Pine Grove back then. James Parker donated the land for the school about 1875 and supplied it with desks and other necessities and hired a teacher who lived with the Parker family.

To claim this geocache, email the two trails mentioned on the two monuments.
Also, mention one item of information that you find interesting.
Photos are fine. JimReeb@ecentral.com

Thanks Geocaching Colorado for the Geocache of the Month Award, as the second series to win!

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Found it 06/25/2019 By PastorChris
Interesting to think about this house being the only thing in sight. Thank you

Found it 06/20/2019 By suntantoes
Tftc

Found it 06/19/2019 By DaCachingNana
It was cool to visit another of Parker’s landmarks. Thank Jim Reeb for giving us a glimpse into Douglas County’s origins. History is important! This Illinois girl is excited to explore Colorado and Parker. Cache on??

Found it 06/08/2019 By Barasaur
Came to enjoy parker days. Tftc

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Found it 06/02/2019 By rylar
Funny that we have driven by this place a thousand times but this is the first time we stopped to check it out. Thanks for helping us learn about our town's heritage!

Found it 10/22/2018 By prerules
TFTC!

Found it 10/08/2018 By BigChiefS4
Day 1 of an epic 6 day journey out to the western frontier. I had some vacation time that I needed to burn up by the end of the year, and what better way to use it than to go Geocaching! My main goal was to find caches in New Mexico and Nevada, which would complete my map in the western US. The rest of the 4 remaining states are on the East Coast. Secondary goals were to find oldies, mostly virtuals, and high favorited caches. The only bad part of the trip was that it rained every single day of my vacation.

I headed south out of MN on Sunday and returned home on Friday.
Sunday - Drive all the way through to Colorado (15 hours!)
Monday - Cache in and around Denver and Colorado Springs, with an attempt at Pike's Peak (closed at Mile 14)
Tuesday - Head south towards GC19 and then west through Wolf Creek Pass
Wednesday - Four Corners monument and west towards Nevada
Thursday - After a night in Richfield, UT, head east through the skiing areas of Colorado towards Nebraska
Friday - The long drive home

Thanks to all the cache owners for placing these caches for me to find and for keeping the oldies going all these years.

Found it 10/07/2018 By Ace and Fly Baby
Another great old place. Like the nearby stagecoach statue too

Found it 10/02/2018 By vorlon40
Another nice virtual found today. A lot of interesting history to be seen here.TFTC.

Found it 09/04/2018 By Firemnky
On a Fall trip through Colorado doing some caching and seeing the sites. A beautiful scenic drive through Rocky Mountain National Park. Visiting the downtown areas of Boulder, Denver, Castle Rock and Colorado Springs to name a few. We enjoyed a beautiful hike on the Barr trail at the Summit of Pikes Peak. It was a wonderful trip with quite a bit of caching thrown in along the way. Fun spot to visit. Answers sent.

Found it 08/18/2018 By kb0rpw
Nice
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Found it 07/21/2018 By tc54915
Caching trip with AJ Perla out west in Colorado.. managed to.get my triple jasmer, hike up mountains that I never imagined I would do. I am truely a flatlander...Tftc. and
the adventures..

Found it 07/21/2018 By AJperla
TFTC WITH TC

Found it 07/19/2018 By JSQuack
Another fun find with CShare today as we toured the old Douglas County series. The ruins of the old house were interesting to see. I lived less than one mile from here back in the early 1980's and never knew of this location.

TFTC! Smile

Found it 07/19/2018 By CShare
Found today. With JSQuack who is emailing the answers for both of us.
We have just arrived here today from California snd we love to get VIrtuals.
This was an interesting log house with a lot of historic information here. This gets a Fav TFTVC

Found it 07/14/2018 By Memfis Mafia
Thanks Jim Reeb for this Cache. We always appreciate Cache owners for their contribution to the game.

We are on a crazy family mission to get into 5 digits for finds this year. This is find 6672 for us.

Memfis Mafia

We will add more details as we go and most likely talk about our experiences on our weekly podcast

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Found it 07/09/2018 By sirmichaelwilliam
Tons of history in this area and in this series so glad to see all of this. TFTC!!

Found it 07/08/2018 By libertyclan5
I love History caches and learning about an area we are visiting. This is a beautiful little spot. TFTC!! :-)
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Found it 07/08/2018 By rachelroo05
God Bless and TFTC!!!

Found it 07/08/2018 By ReformedRadar
Very nice cache. Up from Texas for a few days. TFTC.