GCB5F7 Old Fort St. Vrain
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Jeeperz1&2 @ | Hide Date: 12/17/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 16.733 W104° 51.288 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 3
 

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The cache is now a 'bullit', somewhat smaller than before.

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Old Fort St. Vrain was built by the Bent, St. Vrain Trading Co. in 1837. It was first used as a fur trade post along the South Platte river from 1837 to 1846. After the site gained fame through the Topographical Reports of John Fremonts first two explorations in 1842 and 1843 it was a stopover for travellers on a north-south route between the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail, a jumping-off place for Colorado's gold-rushers in 1858 and 1859. It was the first county seat of Weld County beginning in 1861. In the 20th Century, the site was all but forgotten. An interesting book about this Fort is written by Diane Brotemarkle, it's called Old Fort St. Vrain.
To log this cache you need to find the cache container and e-mail us the code word enclosed. Please do not post the answer here even if encrypted.
The last 3/8 of a mile is public access thru a farm yard with a 5mph. speed limit, please observe.
Could be a tough find with snow on the ground!

06/30/2019 By quinnster212
Crazy weather today. When heading out here it was 97 degrees in Greeley, we get out here it’s now 85. So glad the owners of this property allow this piece of history to remain here. Thanks for bringing us here.

06/30/2019 By sheepherder
Out looking for a few caches. Temperature has cooled down considerably, making for a nice day to cache. Found your cache. Thank you for the bit of history and your cache.

05/24/2019 By bb44444
Great job!

02/13/2019 By AbvAvg
Out of the way location, but definitely interesting to read about a part of history as it ties in with caches we did along the Santa Fe Trail last year. TFTC.

10/07/2018 By njnjplus1
I like these caches that bring us to a history point !!
Tftc !

04/23/2017 By zoltig
Back in the area and re-found the cache. Grabbed a few pics as well.

04/23/2017 By Memow56
Nice area!

03/17/2017 By Death from Below
Out grabbing a few misc. caches east of I-25 today. This cache needed a bit of tlc. I replaced the torn paper log with a new bullet, logsheet and returned to the cammo'd container. thanks for the hide, this one is way out and off the beaten path. Dipping my coins.

02/12/2017 By yamaharider
Found it! Thanks for the cache:)

12/23/2016 By GanderGoose
With all this great sunshine today, we took a country drive to enjoy it. Gander reminded Goose that we had been to this historical location BG (before geocaching). Great history, and as a bonus, we saw a bald eagle, two hawks, and two coyotes. Thanks for the placement, jeeperz1&2!

09/06/2015 By motocach
This one is out there, found it, Thanks for the cache

08/18/2015 By Hundog19
Very sneaky!

08/15/2015 By LiveWire77
Short Circuit 77 and I up in Loveland attending the HTML for Geocachers workshop and caching our way home. Our correct total of caches for the day is 17. Thank you for taking the time and effort to hide this cache so we could enjoy the search and its discovery. sl Short Circuit 77 has sent our answer.

08/15/2015 By shortcircuit77
Up in Loveland attending the HTML for Geocachers workshop and caching our way home afterwards. 16 total caches for the day. Thank you for placing this cache so we could enjoy the game. sl Code word to follow for Lone Wolf 77 and myself.

05/11/2015 By Valjean246oh1
Found with NuttyIrishman earlier today; the log was completely turned to pull from the rain, but he replaced it with some new paper. TFTC!