CSP - Centerville Traditional Geocache

Centerville

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Container Type: 35mm
Code Location: Log
Access Info: This cache is located on USFS property. 
Winter Access: May be buried under snow

The South Platte Forest Reserve was established in 1892 to protect dwindling forests and grasslands in this area. Edwin D. Hepburn began his duties as a forest ranger in 1905. Mr. Hepburn and others used this site, known as Centerville, as a Forest Service ranger station between 1908 and 1910. Here they fought forest fires and apprehended poachers and timber thieves.

Old ranger station near Centerville, courtesy of the Park County Local History Archives

This cache is located near the interpretive signage just off the Tarryall Road. Parking is available at the site.