Dunraven Glade used to be the main road to Glen Haven and as such was well-traveled. The original route came overland from a point closer to Drake to the Gravel Pit, then up Dunraven Glade and down the North Fork of the Big Thompson River to the village.
Lord Dunraven maintained a hunting lodge here in 1877, purportedly on this very spot, for the use of his hotel guests. At one time, he entertained as many as 200 young Englishmen on a hunting expedition. It is rumored he buried barrels of whiskey near the lodge, but no one's ever been able to find them, including some Depression-era locals who dug up the place looking.
Fred Sprague used this road to transport his guests to the resort he built in 1908 farther up the valley at the site now called the Deserted Village. At the time it sported 11 cabins, a dining hall, an icehouse, a barn, and a dairy. After changing hands a few times, the site was eventually sold to the Forest Service in 1967, who razed the buildings. It is now within the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area, but you can still camp there.
This cache is part of a geotrail of historical caches in the Glen Haven area. Retrieve the codes from the 14 physical caches and find the virtual to receive a commemorative geocoin. The cache list can be found here: Historic Glen Haven GeoTrail.