The 37th 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.
Columbine was a gold camp started in probably 1880 or 1881 but the townsite wasn’t platted until 1897 the same year the first school was opened. This was a summer school as the town was usually buried by 4-6 feet of snow during winter months. By 1901 school was held in this old log cabin which had a dirt roof. The last reference to the school is in 1933 and by 1936 the cabin was a residence.
“The Last Resort” remains a private residence so please do not trespass, but there are remnants of school days gone by in this tiny cabin.