Do You Like Geocaching History Lessons?

[+Teachermom]

My favorite history cache is Omo i de GC6CCE by Team Moehke in Vacaville, CA. It made history "real" for me. One nice thing about the history caches is that it is easier to convince a non-cacher to go caching with you if there is something interesting for them to see. I also really like art-based caches for the same reason.

[+Sagefox]

My favorite history cache is Omo i de GC6CCE by Team Moehke in Vacaville, CA.

I did that one also and enjoyed the multi-stop history and nice walk around downtown CowTown. This and another TM multi were nice interludes during a then record 23 cache find day for me.

Edited April 5, 2005 by Team Sagefox

[+BooBooBee]

I really enjoy caches that bring me to places of historic significance. In fact, after nearly a year of caching I've finally settled down and can let caches pass me by. If the cache isn't somewhere appealing to me (historically significant, off the beaten path, unusual) I won't even bother.

 

Last week, while on our way home from a camping trip, my girls and I stopped at a mission not far from our home. Though I grew up only 60 miles south of this mission, I'd never been there. There was a cache at another nearby historic site, one I didn't even know EXISTED.

 

It was a lovely day out and provided even MORE background about this area in which I've lived most of my life.

 

It's amazing what you can learn if you just pay attention!

[Hucklebuck]

Personally, I much prefer a cool local history lesson to some run of the mill luckily found hiding spot.

Like this?

 

My Cache

[+The Navigatorz]

Hey, I know you don't I WARedBear?

 

I enjoy learning about local history in the Wenatchee area where I live. One example of how geocaching taught me more about the local history was from a cache hidden by Patudles. Rock Island Rapids

 

I was intrigued by the picture of petroglyphs on the cache page.

Petroglyphs are images recorded on stone by prehistorical people. I'd seen samples of petroglyphs in museums, but not a photo from an actual location. This photo was taken at Rock Island, before construction of Rock Island dam in the 1930s. Many petroglyphs were removed and placed in museums, but many more are now under the headwaters of the dam.

 

I did some more research and bought a book on the history of the Columbia River. I soon learned that petroglyphs were also discovered near Wanapum dam. Several are now on display at Vantage, WA where they were found. That lead to the creation of my cache If Rocks Could Talk.

 

So geocaching helped me learn more about petroglyphs in our area, I bought a book to learn more, and as a result, created another cache so others could also learn about this form of historical art.

 

Good topic.

Edited April 5, 2005 by The Navigatorz