The Treasure Trove (LDR Farm Operation)

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In California, United States

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This cache will introduce you to the Llano Del Rio Socialist Colony, Dairy Operation located near Highway 138, and 165th Street East.

Llano Del Rio was a socialist colony located in Antelope Valley, California. It was founded in the year 1914 by Job Harriman. Although it was established as a corporation it was intended to adhere to the principles of socialism. Each member owned equal stock in the company, and all were paid a wage of four dollars a day. The colony was abandoned in 1917.

The crenelled walls are the ruins of the dairy barn. This barn along with the massive silo were once home to 100 dairy cows. The walls remind me of a great fortress.

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Dairy barn

Here is an aerial shot of the dairy barn and silo

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Cache Logs

October 16 by Surfswest (430 found) Fun find today with Gram. TFTC. [view this log]

October 16 by bonanza36 (828 found) This was a wonderful place to take the grandsons to hunt for a cache. They loved exploring the area down this secret road. [This entry was edited by bonanza36 on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 8:26:24 AM.] [view this log]

October 1 by chaosmanor (3357 found) What a fascinating area! We were heading to Big Bear from Ventura for a long weekend, and decided to take the "back door" route through the desert, rather than the "yuckola" route through LA and environs. Naturally, we stopped off here and there for a few caches There actually was a virtual point, in another GPS-based game that we play, less than half-a-mile north of here, so it was easy to look for cache listings nearby. This one popped out as both one that seemed to be very interesting, as well as a qualifying cache for the LA Quad challenge, as it just barely lies in the Valyermo Quadrangle. The cache was an easy find, and we prowled around the area for a while, then hiked to that virtual point, then did more prowling here before finally continuing our journey. It seems obvious to us that geocachers are amongst the most amazing people in the world, as they keep finding (and telling the rest of us about!) all these curious, interesting little spots that no one else seems to know about. I wonder if the people who live nearby think about this area at all. Do they think of it as interesting? As an eyesore that they wish someone would tear down? Or do they just ignore it? A local land or historical conservancy organization should try to buy this; it should be maintained and its story should be told. Thanks for getting us to this great little place! [view this log]

September 27 by cactusgreg (10 found) Nice location, interesting history. Cactus Greg. [view this log]

September 12 by knobbytire (12 found) Went out with my son, Jry. nice area. ive lived out here almost 20 yrs and didnt know there were more colony ruins on that side of the highway. [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 6:54:05 AM
Last Updated: 11/15/2009 4:26:49 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum