County Road 42 follows the "original" road going west out of Steamboat to Hayden, Craig and farther on... meeting CR 44 and on out to where Hwy 40 travels now.
Hwy 40 did not exist until the 1940 and 50s when the "Victory Highway" was completed. Early day travelers tended to avoid river crossings for as long as they could. This cache however, is located at a river crossing. Just "up river" from this bridge was the original crossing. John Trull built one of the first bridges across the river in this area, but charged a toll to use the bridge. When the county built the bridge in this area, it mysteriously was sabotoged on more than one occassion. After the toll bridge washed out and was not replaced, this crossing became the only crossing for the area.