GCA85C Virtual Cache Douglas #8 Indian Park School
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: Jim Reeb @ | Hide Date: 11/14/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 22.829 W105° 04.888 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 15

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

This Geocache has two points to find.
The first point is the Indian Park School at the above coordinates.
The second is a cemetery near the school at: 39 22.848, 105 04.882

The Indian Park School was in operation from 1884 to 1974. It is still in use but for social gatherings of just about anything. Square-dancing, yoga classes, forest service meetings and flea markets, just to name a few.

On February 8, 1978 it was announced that the school was accepted into the national register.

To claim this geocache email:
1. The information from the building under the bell.
2. From the stone of Margaret Smith, her age.

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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15 Logs: Found it 14  Write note 1  

Write note 04/24/2019 By SipesFamily
Just dropping by for a visit. Catching up on all the caches I missed logging my walking stick.

Found it 04/24/2019 By SipesFamily
TFTC! Had the day off and decided to drive 67N to Sedalia from Woodland Park and then on down the 105 to the Springs. The goal this year is to reach 1,000 caches. Cache is in good shape, signed the log and thank you for the smiley face on the cache map. Answers emailed.

Found it 03/22/2019 By nvgoldfish
Took a beautiful drive from woodland Park to Castle Rock via Hwy 67. Wonderful drive. aw lots of people fishing in the river. Thank you for the cache.

Found it 09/03/2018 By Bren1979
Nice little history stop on our way up to rampart

Found it 07/11/2018 By spooko13
Now this was cool. Definitely a spot I wouldn't have known to put on my list of places to visit if it weren't for this cache...one of the main reasons I love these virtuals! My GF and I really enjoyed checking out the area and it's history. After exploring for a bit I wrote down the answers to the questions, took some pics and we were on our way. Message to the CO will be sent shorty shortly.

Thanks for bringing us here and for keeping this one going for all these years! Glad we took the time to hop off the expressway to head over to this one!

Found it 07/10/2018 By Edwards654
Came down this way from Denver on a hot, hot summer day. On our way to the final of one of your puzzle caches (more on that later). Thanks for bringing us to this spot and for sharing the history of Douglas County and Colorado with your fellow geocachers. Answers to follow!

Found it 07/08/2018 By herndonrd
Stopped by today and got the piece of information that I missed last time. TFTC!

Found it 05/06/2018 By SPat ABQ
Had a picknic here..........nice area, cool history. We are sending the answers now.

TFTC SA

Found it 04/29/2018 By Path_Lighter
Have sent pictures and information to the CO. TFTC

Found it 03/13/2018 By mrettgeo
Been by this school house many times and finally decided to stop and look for the geo!

Found it 01/02/2018 By Rohatx
Another interesting historical spot I would have never known about without caching. It’s always interesting to me that every little community has or had a place like this. Thank you for the virtual

Found it 10/29/2017 By Scaber
Thank you for bringing me to a place I would never have stopped. I love geocaching.
GCA85C

Found it 08/13/2017 By fearthefish
I have driven by this one numerous times, and today was the day to finally stop and see what is here. Heh324 was kind enough to join me on this outing, and together we set off on our quest for the answers. As always with your virtual caches, we enjoyed the history lesson and learned more about our area. The fact that there was a traditional here too was a nice bonus. Heh324 sent in the answers for both of us. Thanks for the fun virtual and for keeping it around for the rest of us to enjoy.

Found it 08/13/2017 By heh324
fearthefish and I decided to head out 67 on a Sunday drive and to grab a couple of stray degrees I need for the 360 Challenge. This one was on the list. We both enjoy virtuals as time and time again we are brought to something very unique or interesting that we probably would have never learned about otherwise. TFTC

Found it 07/30/2017 By K Trackers
I picked this one up after a drive on Rampart range road. I have never been here before, so it was fun to make the find and see some new terrain. Loved the history lesson. Thanks to the CO for placing this nice cache for everyone to find, TFTC.