Early education Traditional Cache

You are now in Canyon City which was founded on June 8, 1862.  The town was established as a result of gold being found and in 1862  miners removed 26 million dollars worth of gold from the area. During the gold rush, the town was dominated by many gold miners and had a population of around 10,000 with 2,000 being chinese.  This cache is found on Rebel Hill and at this locaton you will see a large building, now a residence, on the hill which used to be the Canyon City school.  The school housed grades 1 thru 8 and also had a high school.  On February 22, 1909 the Canyon City school published a newspaper called "Joaquin Cabin".  The proceeds from the first edition were to be used to apply towards the purchase of the school piano.  The paper sold for 10 cents a copy.

A little towards the North is a residence which was the filming location in the early 1970's of a movie "Napolen and Samantha" with Michael Douglas and Jody Foster.  Much of the community were involved as "seconds" and scenes were shot around the county. You are looking for a painted plastic container with various items of little value.

This cache is one of 20 included in the Canyon City-John Day Geocoin Kickoff event scheduled for June 21, 2014.  Cachers finding 15 of the 20 hides will receive a trackable geocoin.  One coin per family until 100 are gone.  Those cachers unable to attend the event can obtain a listing sheet at the Grant County Chamber of Commerce, N 44 24.993, W118 57.273, 24/7.and can return the completed sheet at one of the locations listed below to receive a coin.  We are unable to mail coins. We will also include a cache listing on the event site.  Each cache will have a CODE WORD noted in the lide of the container.  Please record the code word on you work sheet.

Monday-Friday 9:00-4:00 Grant County Chamber of Commerce

Saturday 8:00-6:00 True Value Hardward  N44 24.968,W118 57.066.

Sunday 10:00-3:00 True Value Hardware