Slaughter Canyon Series #3
Slaughter Canyon was named for Fenton Mercer Slaughter (1826-1897), an American politician and businessman.
Slaughter’s adobe became the center of a small settlement called Rincon (now part of Chino). A post office was established in 1870, and by 1879 it had a general store, saloon, blacksmith shop, dairy, and the Vine Slope winery with a capacity of over 20,000 gallons. Rose bushes grown at the adobe were famous for hundreds of miles.
The Yorba-Slaughter Adobe still stands just across the 71 freeway from here and is well worth a visit. Although it is currently closed for renovation, there are two caches just outside the grounds – GC2NCPV and GC7HNT7.
To learn more about Slaughter, look for the rest of the Slaughter Canyon series:
1 Coming Through Slaughter GC9HPNK
2 Tempests and Slaughter GC9PR4Z
3 Lamb to the Slaughter GC9PVXN (this one)
4 Wholesale Slaughter GC9QAVT
5 Slaughter(house) Five GC9QE1H
This cache is not at the posted coordinates. It is a letterbox hybrid.
You will follow instructions from the posted coordinates to find it. Once you locate the cache, you'll find a stamp inside that you can use to stamp your personal letterbox log, if you have one (you will need to bring an ink pad).
From the posted coordinates:
- Follow the logical path until you reach a crossroads, about 0.17 miles from the starting coords.
- Take the less-traveled path to the right.
- Follow the path uphill until you come to an old gate at the top. If you pass a tall, manmade structure, you've gone too far.
- Starting at the right end of the gate, count 3 fence posts to the right. (If the fence is gone, walk about 12 paces right.)
At the final, you're looking for a brown and tan 1/2 gallon thermos. There’s room for small swag and trackables, but please no food/smellables or advertisements. Do not take the stamp! It is not swag - it must remain with the cache.
As always in wild areas, look before you step or reach to avoid critters and poisonous plants.
First to find honors and a golden dollar go to Beauzarian and Larry the pool guy!