GCAD06 Virtual Cache Douglas #13 Cantril
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: Jim Reeb @ | Hide Date: 11/24/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 22.385 W104° 51.369 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 39

This is number 13 in a series of historical points within Douglas County Colorado.

The original Cantril School was built on what was called Schoolhouse Hill in the 1800s. When that wood-frame building burned, the current stone building was built in 1896 to replace it.

This building became the first high school in Douglas County and students came from all over the county. Some boarded with Castle Rock residents.

The school has always been the home to academia. First as a school, and now as the offices of the Douglas County School District.

The hallowed halls still echo with the sound of children, or something. The building is reported to be haunted by a ghost named, "Matilda."

To claim this geocache email the number found on the front of the building. Photos are fine if the number has blown down again. JimReeb@ecentral.com

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

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24 Logs: Found it 23  Write note 1  

Found it 07/06/2019 By DaCachingNana
I’m amazed by the incredible craftsmanship of the settlers who built this beautiful stone building so many years ago. I’m definitely impressed as a former teacher that children came from throughout the county to attend this academic based school!!

Write note 07/05/2019 By GhostlyImage
Retriever Ron, going back to school 50 years later

Found it 07/04/2019 By GhostlyImage
Walked around this magnificent school twice but could not find any numbers. It looks like there might have been something high above one of the doors but it has since been covered over or chiseled off. Took a pic to prove we were here, which we'll upload shortly. Thanks for bringing us here, Jim Reeb, and for "placing" this virtual to commemorate this piece of history.

Found it 06/22/2019 By JumbledTruffle
Both me and my mom enjoyed this ancient piece of architecture. Found with JumbledMom. TFTC

Found it 06/20/2019 By cardon
I love seeing old places like this. Well preserved. Thanks.

Found it 10/18/2018 By Hypno_Hawk
Found with tool king. He sent the email. Tftc

Found it 10/17/2018 By Tool King
Cool building. Email sent.

Found it 10/12/2018 By geoguru1
Making a run of Castle Rock caches with my son MBCHendrickClan. Found interesting old building. Now historic landmark.

Found it 10/12/2018 By mbchendrickclan
Found with Dad no number

Found it 10/10/2018 By White Spirit Bears
TFTC. Nice old building. No visible number so posting a pic.

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. We couldn't find the number on this one. Thanks for the fun.

Found it 09/04/2018 By Casper&Aero
Notre périple a débuté le 22 août dernier et nous amènera à visiter douze états Américains et deux provinces Canadiennes... Notre départ s'est fait à partir de Baie-Comeau, une ville sur la Côte Nord du Québec pour ensuite se poursuivre quelques jours à Québec où nous avons fait un peu de Géocaching.... Par la suite, nous avons fait un arrêt à St-Eustache et Ville de Laval, toujours au Québec, pour ensuite prendre l'avion et arriver à Portland, Oregon... Nous avons fait un arrêt le 28 août à Umatilla toujours en Oregon, le 29 août à Boise en Idaho, le 30 à Twin Falls et le 31 nous sommes à Salt Lake City pour deux jours... Le 2 septembre nous étions à Rock Springs, Wyoming et hier nous avons fait un arrêt à Laramie, Wyoming... Aujourd’hui nous continuons notre périple vers Colorado Spring où nous passerons deux jours...

Pendant tout le voyage nous avons ciblé quelques caches qui nous aideront à atteindre nos objectifs personnels et nous découvrirons certainement de nouveaux endroits que les Géocacheurs d'ici voudront nous faire découvrir... Nous préparons ce voyage depuis plusieurs mois et savons que nous ne pourrons pas tout voir par manque de temps... Il y a beaucoup de caches mais devons fermer les yeux ne pouvant toutes les trouver... Mais c'est avec plaisir que nous apposerons notre signature sur certaines d'entre-elles...

Merci pour la création de ces caches qui ajoutent des sourires à notre profil et qui nous font passer du bon temps peu importe l'humeur de Dame Nature... Notre log sera le même pour toute la journée et s'il y a une particularité nous l'ajouterons au début du texte... Des favoris seront ajoutés ici et là pour tout le travail accompli... MPLC

Casper&Aero de Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada


Our English is not perfect, we use Google Translate to help us ...

Our journey began last August 22 and will take us to visit twelve US states and two Canadian provinces ... Our departure was from Baie-Comeau, a city on the North Shore of Quebec and then continue for a few days in Quebec City where we did some Geocaching .... Then we stopped at St-Eustache and Ville de Laval, still in Quebec, and then flew to Portland, Oregon... We made stop in Umatilla on August 28 still in Oregon, August 29 in Boise, Idaho, August 30 in Twin Falls and August 31st we are in Salt Lake City for two days... The 2nd of september we were in Rock Springs. Wyoming and yesterday the road brought us to Laramie, Wyoming... Today our trip will take us to Colorado Springs where we will stay for two days

Throughout the trip we have targeted some caches that will help us achieve our personal goals and we will certainly discover new places that Geocachers here will want us to discover ... We have been planning this trip for several months and know we will not be able to not all see for lack of time ... There are many caches but we must close our eyes can not find them all ... But it is with pleasure that we will put our signature on some of them ...

Thank you for creating these caches that add smiles to our profile and make us have a good time regardless of the mood of Mother Nature ... Our log will be the same for the whole day and if there is a particularity we will add it at the beginning of the text ... Favorites will be added here and there for all the work done ... TFTC

Casper&Aero from Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada

Found it 09/01/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
The number has blown done again, so I had my caching companion take a photo of me after took a photo of hm. Good job and TFTC!

Found it 08/27/2018 By qrang
Could spot a number maybe blown away again so here is a photo TFTC

Found it 08/16/2018 By prerules
TFTC

Found it 07/22/2018 By shelleah
I cached with LilRyRy and CDRSheppo on our way to a birthday party in Denver to finish the Hidden Creatures event. LilRyRy counted down the last 5 caches because he really wanted to get to the party. Thanks for the virtual!

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..
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Found it 07/21/2018 By AJperla
TFTC WOTH TC

Found it 07/20/2018 By LostinDenver
This one sent us to orbit. Found with @intrepiidexplorer and @windatmyback while hustling to complete the Hidden Creatures campaign. @intrepiidexplorer sent the requested pic. TFTC!

Found it 07/20/2018 By WindAtMyBack
Found with@LostinDenver and@intrepiidexplorer TFTC
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Found it 07/20/2018 By intrepiidexplorer
Tftc! We couldn't actually find the number anywhere but here's a picture I took of LostinDenver and Windatmyback keeping with the creepy theme :)
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Found it 07/20/2018 By JSQuack
CShare and I visited GZ at dusk and had to make two trips up the hill in search of answers. The place reminded me of a haunted house on the hill!

There must be a lot of history behind those doors.

We had trouble with the question, and resorted to a photo of the old school. TFTC! Smile

Found it 07/20/2018 By CShare
Found this Virtual tonight after our nearby event, just before it got dark. An interesting structure. Email is sent on behalf of JSQuack and CShare. TFTVC

Found it 07/19/2018 By Room1009
We stopped in Castle Rock for lunch and drove by this school afterwards. I love these old virtuals. This building has a lot of character. I'm sending the information we found to the CO. Thanks for keeping this one going all these years.
Room1009 at Cantril School

Cantril School