Young's Point: Cold Hard Rails Traditional Cache

In present times it seems like long ago, but September 24, 1908, was a day to remember.  The snow was flying everywhere and it was hard to see.  Ora Babcock jumped off the train to try and escape but he fell and hit his head on the cold, hard rails.

Holden S.

One of the objectives of our geocaching unit in fifth grade is to acquaint students with local history they may not have had an opportunity to hear or read about.  Taken from James O. Southworth’s The Road Taken, the students learned of the most disastrous train wreck in Montana history,  the 1908 wreck at Young’s Point, 4 1/2 miles west of Park City,  The students selected the name of their cache and wrote an on-line introduction for it (see above), keeping in mind that  they needed to take seriously their role in promoting local history

The planting trip itself was amazing;  so many things that could have hampered our efforts (for instance, the heavy rain on the day we originally scheduled the plant) turned out for the best.   Because of the state golfers taking the school van, I ended up taking a full-size bus that commanded the respect of on-coming traffic and a bus driver who loved the assignment so much he asked to be able to plant the final cache of the 22 planted (we complied).