The cache is not at the posted coordinates!
But you will need to visit the coordinates to get the location of the cache!
Memorialization at the Amache cemetery has changed significantly throughout the years.
In 1945, a granite memorial was dedicated by prisoners to commemorate those who died in camp.
It was housed in a building made of bricks from Amache and also held a number of thick wooden slabs on which the names of all who died at Amache had been carefully written in Japanese characters.
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At the first formal pilgrimage in 1975, barbed-wire still enclosed the cemetery, which was accessed through a cattle-guard that kept livestock from stepping on headstones while foraging in the scrub-covered landscape. Dates on the headstones revealed the deaths of mainly elderly or young babies, one surviving just a day. In the southern corner of the dusty cemetery, inscribed wooden markers identified other burial sites. The white painted door to the brick structure barely hung by its hinges, having been kicked-in by vandals.
In 1983, a second memorial inscribed with US military casualties from Amache was erected at the cemetery by the Denver Central Optimists Club. They designed a plan to update the cemetery and grounds and re-vitalize the brick structure.
here but it had to move because of becoming an National Historic Site.
Almost two years after President Joe Biden signed the bill that would turn the former World War II Japanese internment camp into a historic site, the National Park Service on February 15, 2024 announced its official inclusion in the system. This comes after the town of Granada acquired and donated the land needed to set up the site.
You need to type in the George's Last Name on the bottom of the sign.
Cache Avaiable:
Mon-Thurs 10AM-4PM
Friday-Saturday by appointment only, contact Granada School for availability.
CLOSED on Sunday, and major holidays
"COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST"
The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches started in 2008. Placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have 'walked' before us. There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across Colorado. This series will introduce you to many of them. The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and tombstones.
The Colorado Spirit Quest endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It cannot be accomplished by just one or two people. This project will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place these caches.
After locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the lives of those pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state.
If you are interested in placing a "Colorado Spirit Quest" you should contact:
Ivy Dog Parents or Joe Friday.
Each person that places a Colorado Spirit Quest cache is responsible for its maintenance.