Old Borego Traditional Cache
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Cache is located at the entrance to Old Borego. This is the area where Borrego Springs first started.
The first homesteaders began to arrive in the Borrego Valley around 1910. The valley was isolated, hemmed in by rugged mountains on three sides. Going to town for supplies meant at least a five-day round-trip to Brawley, or the long climb up Grapevine Canyon and on to Ramona. But slowly, a little community began to develop. In the mid-1920s, a road was opened up through Sentenac Canyon, and the first deep well was put down in the valley, attracting more settlers to the area.
You are looking for a metal 5 x 5 cookie tin.
Old Borego has passed into other hands, but fortunately many of the historic buildings there have been preserved by the current owners. The stone portion of the original home and post office is the oldest surviving building in the valley, and the Borego Store was a local landmark for decades. Although it is no longer the center of the community, Old Borego remains the historic heart of the Borrego Valley -- a reminder of the pioneer heritage that forms the foundation for modern Borrego Springs.
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