PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF TRAFFIC ON THIS BUSY COUNTY ROAD!
The 24th of a series of caches planned to be hidden at or near the historic rural schoolhouses of Routt County (RCSH - Routt County School Houses). See the first cache of this series (GC6QQ71) for a complete and updated list of the ones currently available - but this list will continue to grow as there were 96 schools which served Routt County neighborhoods from 1883 until 1960 when the rural districts consolidated.
The Fairplay District #40 was formed in 1925 separating from the Milner District #25. The Fairplay school was built in the late 1800s or early 1900s and was known as Trull or Fairplay. By 1909 the school had a teacherage and a horse barn. A covered entry was present by 1920 but the school was falling into disrepair by 1926. It closed in 1951 when it became more economically feasible to bus students to Steamboat. The school was used as a residence for many years and then as storage for many more years. When the land was sold in 2019, the historic significance of the building was pointed out and it was saved by the landowner while all other buildings were removed. It currently is the only building standing on the north side of the road here and is painted red.