Parkdale Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/13/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Located in Parkdale, Colorado, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Fremont County Road 3.

First known as McCandless Ford, this area enjoyed several name changes in the early days. Local pioneer and settler James L. McCandless owned a large ranch where the wagon road crossed the Arkansas River, and thus a small development at the site took his name.

Soon the name became Twelve Mile Ford because it was located twelve miles from Cañon City. Next, a bridge was constructed at the river crossing and the site became simply “Bridge.” In the 1880s, the name was changed to Parkdale because of the beautiful valley where ranchers raised livestock and Parkdale had the distinction of having the country’s smallest post office, operating with one postmaster and no carriers from a seven foot by nine foot shack.

In early 1941, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp was built here under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal Plan” that put people to work and help end the Great Depression. At the onset of Pearl Harbor and World War II, the CCC camp closed as people left for war and plans were to turn the site into a Japanese Internment Camp. That idea fell through as the Internment Camp was established at Camp Carson outside Colorado Springs.

In 1948, a feldspar plant was constructed nearby. Then, in 1970, the Parkdale Post Office closed it's doors for good. It is still standing by the rafting company on the south side of the highway. It is the pink colored building under the billboard sign. Notice the white shack east of that which has “U.S. Mail” painted on the door.

Recently, the tracks have seen action from the tourist train up the Royal Gorge and Bighorn Sheep Canyon and from loads generated by the nearby quarry.

Though never an actual established town, even with people still living in the area, Parkdale basically became a siding for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

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