The original Hilltop School was a log structure built in 1888 about a quarter mile west of this location. This building was built in 1889. The two-acre school site consists of the original schoolhouse, coal shed, well house, oil bunker, and outhouses. You get to choose which is which.
Most schools in the area had six grades but this school had grades one through eight. At one time there was a moveable partition to divide the large room into two rooms and two teachers were hired for a few years until the partition was removed. An addition was made for a small kitchen and a dining area. Another partition was installed to form a small bedroom so that the teacher could live at the school. Like most schools, it was used for social functions.
In 1954, the building was turned over to the Hilltop Social Club. This club is trying to protect the building because the Douglas County School District wants to dispose of it. They own the building but not the land.
The markers found at 20-mile house in parker were located near here.
As you travel toward the cache along Hilltop Road, look to your left and you can see a mound of dirt along the road. This was the Denver & New Orleans Railroad. Hilltop Road is the old Smoky Hill Trail.
To claim this geocache email the information from the front of the building.
Also, mention one item of information that you find interesting.
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Thanks Geocaching Colorado for the Geocache of the Month Award, as the second series to win!
