TTDIDWYD #1: Riverside LbNA #18689 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 15, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Denver |
| County: | Denver |
| State: | Colorado |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | preboxed  |
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| Found by: | W S M and C |
| Last found: | Jan 30, 2009 |
| Status: | FFOFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 15, 2005 |
This box available ONLY from 8 am - 5pm, daily.
Gates are LOCKED at 5. Allow enough time to get in and out before the gates are closed. You'll need at least 1/2 hour to take the full "history tour", I'd say don't start later than 4:15 pm . Earlier if you want to delve into the history this place has to offer and/or if you plan on walking rather than driving, or doing the clues w/o having a Riverside map.
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Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead: #1 (or Alive!): Riverside Cemetery.
A series: This first box was placed in time for Halloween, 2005. It's straight forward and a History Box. Stamp is one of my earlier efforts, but one of my favorites I've ever done. You won't appreciate the image if you "skip ahead" in the clues.
Sorry this clue sheet is so long, but when one seems to be the first to place boxes in a major city - well...I get to do what strikes my fancy...;-p
The title of this series takes inspiration from many sources... Which you might, or might not, need to research to solve the clues or find the locations in the series. These - plus other useful info can be found at:
http://ttdidwyd.blogspot.com/
“...life has a way of flying by faster than any old summer vacation really (f bomb deleted) does...”
If you’re just passing through – well ain’t we all?...this box is only a few miles off of I-70 (less than 2 miles) and might be a good leg stretching exploration if you're just on a road trip through Denver.
When I was working on clues it was incredibly hot! I was very glad to have made a “pit stop” before arriving and to have brought water, sunscreen, a hat, and a snack. In winter, you’ll likely get the opposite extremes.
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CLUES: TTDIDWYD #1: Riverside Cemetery.
Difficulty: Physically easy. This area is surrounded by an urban area, but there are almost no services close by. There is one gas/convenience store, if you really need one… which you can see from:
The NE part of this property where you can also find the grave of Clara Brown, a slave born in 1800 in Virginia (freed in 1857) and one of Colorado’s first African American residents who saw many of her children lost to slavery, never to be seen again. (see below for more info).
Clue solving: Pretty easy.
Car friendly: Yes. Except for the very last part, you can, if you want, do the whole thing by car.
Bike friendly: Oh yeah! I was on my bike when I began thinking about this box. See link for “Biking maps of Denver”.
Stroller/wheelchair friendly: Yes. (mostly flat, but gravel roads)
Dog friendly: Yes, but only on leash at all times.
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Use the link above to find some information on Riverside Cemetery and getting there.
If you’re lucky like I was the first time I visited (a weekday), a caretaker might be around and available to open up the office…where you will find some interesting publications (most for purchase, but a Riverside map is free). One publication in particular even has history of Riverside with directions in paces and compass points – which just seems made to order for LBers!
For this LB you do NOT have to have these publications, but I mention them because they might interest folks looking for more Colorado history. There is a whole LOT of it here!!
This location is officially in both Denver and Adams Counties. The entrance and street address are in Denver, hence the way I posted this box. If you have the time, as do the dead, you will be able to find this LB without the map. Since you can’t count on the office being open, if you do want one, see the link, then take it with you go …(and it’s said that’s not possible!)
During open hours – enter Riverside Cemetery: Denver’s oldest continuously operated eternal resting place…now a National Historic District - full of pioneers and their history. There are railroad tracks in this area. The trains can be long, so if one happens to be going through when you are in the area, realize it might delay your progress.
Once you enter Riverside, please be respectful while visiting.
“Blocks” can be found throughout Riverside, and in the remainder of this clue sheet. The term refers to the numbered (approximately one-foot high), green-painted stones that look a lot like small headstones.
If you want to find Clara Brown’s grave (above), spot where the convenience store is because you got caught up in this place for hours (like I did), or want to get an overview of the size (77 acres) and extent of this place (67,000 souls rest here, each with a Colorado history), proceed as follows (otherwise skip ahead where indicated). I promise that until the ~clues for this LB resume~, there are no clues to be missed for this LB! (but you never know about the rest of the SERIES…) or what you might learn about history….
Clara was the first woman member of the Colorado Society of Pioneers. There is a stained glass window in the State Capitol which memorializes her. To find her grave, go to the end of Block 21 and turn left, proceed to the drive between Bocks 25 and 26. From there walk NW to station 6 (small white post with a number). Turn left into Block 25 from here and walk about 28 steps & you’ll find the recently placed gray granite marker for this remarkable woman who grubstaked miners in Central City and ran a successful laundry in a day when being woman was a challenge, not to mention a non-Caucasian one..
~For the rest of the clues to this LB~: Make your way to the oldest part of the cemetery and Block 7.
The center of Block 7 is still owned by the Iliff family. John Wesley Iliff (yep, the street is named for him) was Colorado’s first “Cattle King.” He died on the trail from drinking water with an overly-alkaline content.
Originally, there was a granite monument weighing 65 tons located here (the center of Riverside Cemetery) which was topped with a 33-foot tall statue of the goddess Minerva. This thing was (and is)…huge! John’s wife, Elizabeth, in 1920 had the monument with the statue on top…and John himself…moved to “another Denver cemetery”. Quite a feat, even today! This “other” place was in its time becoming the “fashionable” place to be…for an eternity…fashionable enough to make the move….as many others did too.
Once you’re at the center circle, look north-ish and find Block 4. Visible from the road here (and in fact from the center circle) you’ll find a resting place that seems so much like a home you might actually want to move in, if it weren’t made entirely of brown stone, and all ready occupied.
Quite a final resting place, huh? Be sure to look all around and notice the incredible details. It’s said even the donkey poop is depicted here, the final home for this pioneer of Black Hawk and an early gold seeker. That’s all that seems to be known about this man.
For what you really want to today, very close by, now find a bush. Once you have, put LD’s place behind you and the bush in front of you. This is the direction you will go – for now. Head generally towards a (much larger) version of what you are now standing with your back to. On the way, see if you can spot something white usually measured in hands but which doesn’t have any. Baker's place is the only one of its kind in Riverside.
Now: Find the intersections of Blocks 5,1,15 & 16.
Just into Block #1 from this intersection (noted by the white station marker # 17) find the small dark monument for Dr. John H. Morrison. (This granite headstone was actually installed in 1990). While reading this history, note the date he left us. On August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th state in the Union, earning the nickname the “Centennial State.”
Now go stand in front of the nearby flagpole and face the memorial to Colorado’s Confederate Veterans. While standing here, on your left you will see a road that says “No Trespassing. Keep Out” which goes to some water. On this road just before the sign, on the opposite side of the road from it, you'll see a four-trunked cottonwood tree. Go clockwise around to the back side of this tree. Look under some bark where the 4 trunks join for your prize.
Enjoy and re-hide COMPLETELY out of sight using the bark pieces when you're done.
Handmade stamp, history logbook, ink, and pen.
Hellos and status updates alway apreciated.
oh and:
http://www.atlasquest.com/lboxes/clue/index.html?gBoxId=56598
preboxed
Denver
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About one week before I was going to place this box - I learned that the ONLY time each year one can see Riverside AT NIGHT – is by taking the History and Mystery Tour of Riverside Cemetery. It's held the Saturday night closest to the full moon which occurs prior to Halloween each year. Over 50 people, all with flashlights, were on the tour I took.
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My urban “extra” for this LB. The Forney Museum of Transportation is nearby (closed Sundays). “Anything on Wheels! Antique Cars, Locomotives, Buggies, Bikes, Motorcycles, Rare and Exotic Vehicles, and more…” www.forneymuseum.com 4303 Brighton Blvd, Denver.
www.geocities.com/preboxed/TTDIDWYD.html
Gates are LOCKED at 5. Allow enough time to get in and out before the gates are closed. You'll need at least 1/2 hour to take the full "history tour", I'd say don't start later than 4:15 pm . Earlier if you want to delve into the history this place has to offer and/or if you plan on walking rather than driving, or doing the clues w/o having a Riverside map.
***
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead: #1 (or Alive!): Riverside Cemetery.
A series: This first box was placed in time for Halloween, 2005. It's straight forward and a History Box. Stamp is one of my earlier efforts, but one of my favorites I've ever done. You won't appreciate the image if you "skip ahead" in the clues.
Sorry this clue sheet is so long, but when one seems to be the first to place boxes in a major city - well...I get to do what strikes my fancy...;-p
The title of this series takes inspiration from many sources... Which you might, or might not, need to research to solve the clues or find the locations in the series. These - plus other useful info can be found at:
http://ttdidwyd.blogspot.com/
“...life has a way of flying by faster than any old summer vacation really (f bomb deleted) does...”
If you’re just passing through – well ain’t we all?...this box is only a few miles off of I-70 (less than 2 miles) and might be a good leg stretching exploration if you're just on a road trip through Denver.
When I was working on clues it was incredibly hot! I was very glad to have made a “pit stop” before arriving and to have brought water, sunscreen, a hat, and a snack. In winter, you’ll likely get the opposite extremes.
***
CLUES: TTDIDWYD #1: Riverside Cemetery.
Difficulty: Physically easy. This area is surrounded by an urban area, but there are almost no services close by. There is one gas/convenience store, if you really need one… which you can see from:
The NE part of this property where you can also find the grave of Clara Brown, a slave born in 1800 in Virginia (freed in 1857) and one of Colorado’s first African American residents who saw many of her children lost to slavery, never to be seen again. (see below for more info).
Clue solving: Pretty easy.
Car friendly: Yes. Except for the very last part, you can, if you want, do the whole thing by car.
Bike friendly: Oh yeah! I was on my bike when I began thinking about this box. See link for “Biking maps of Denver”.
Stroller/wheelchair friendly: Yes. (mostly flat, but gravel roads)
Dog friendly: Yes, but only on leash at all times.
***
Use the link above to find some information on Riverside Cemetery and getting there.
If you’re lucky like I was the first time I visited (a weekday), a caretaker might be around and available to open up the office…where you will find some interesting publications (most for purchase, but a Riverside map is free). One publication in particular even has history of Riverside with directions in paces and compass points – which just seems made to order for LBers!
For this LB you do NOT have to have these publications, but I mention them because they might interest folks looking for more Colorado history. There is a whole LOT of it here!!
This location is officially in both Denver and Adams Counties. The entrance and street address are in Denver, hence the way I posted this box. If you have the time, as do the dead, you will be able to find this LB without the map. Since you can’t count on the office being open, if you do want one, see the link, then take it with you go …(and it’s said that’s not possible!)
During open hours – enter Riverside Cemetery: Denver’s oldest continuously operated eternal resting place…now a National Historic District - full of pioneers and their history. There are railroad tracks in this area. The trains can be long, so if one happens to be going through when you are in the area, realize it might delay your progress.
Once you enter Riverside, please be respectful while visiting.
“Blocks” can be found throughout Riverside, and in the remainder of this clue sheet. The term refers to the numbered (approximately one-foot high), green-painted stones that look a lot like small headstones.
If you want to find Clara Brown’s grave (above), spot where the convenience store is because you got caught up in this place for hours (like I did), or want to get an overview of the size (77 acres) and extent of this place (67,000 souls rest here, each with a Colorado history), proceed as follows (otherwise skip ahead where indicated). I promise that until the ~clues for this LB resume~, there are no clues to be missed for this LB! (but you never know about the rest of the SERIES…) or what you might learn about history….
Clara was the first woman member of the Colorado Society of Pioneers. There is a stained glass window in the State Capitol which memorializes her. To find her grave, go to the end of Block 21 and turn left, proceed to the drive between Bocks 25 and 26. From there walk NW to station 6 (small white post with a number). Turn left into Block 25 from here and walk about 28 steps & you’ll find the recently placed gray granite marker for this remarkable woman who grubstaked miners in Central City and ran a successful laundry in a day when being woman was a challenge, not to mention a non-Caucasian one..
~For the rest of the clues to this LB~: Make your way to the oldest part of the cemetery and Block 7.
The center of Block 7 is still owned by the Iliff family. John Wesley Iliff (yep, the street is named for him) was Colorado’s first “Cattle King.” He died on the trail from drinking water with an overly-alkaline content.
Originally, there was a granite monument weighing 65 tons located here (the center of Riverside Cemetery) which was topped with a 33-foot tall statue of the goddess Minerva. This thing was (and is)…huge! John’s wife, Elizabeth, in 1920 had the monument with the statue on top…and John himself…moved to “another Denver cemetery”. Quite a feat, even today! This “other” place was in its time becoming the “fashionable” place to be…for an eternity…fashionable enough to make the move….as many others did too.
Once you’re at the center circle, look north-ish and find Block 4. Visible from the road here (and in fact from the center circle) you’ll find a resting place that seems so much like a home you might actually want to move in, if it weren’t made entirely of brown stone, and all ready occupied.
Quite a final resting place, huh? Be sure to look all around and notice the incredible details. It’s said even the donkey poop is depicted here, the final home for this pioneer of Black Hawk and an early gold seeker. That’s all that seems to be known about this man.
For what you really want to today, very close by, now find a bush. Once you have, put LD’s place behind you and the bush in front of you. This is the direction you will go – for now. Head generally towards a (much larger) version of what you are now standing with your back to. On the way, see if you can spot something white usually measured in hands but which doesn’t have any. Baker's place is the only one of its kind in Riverside.
Now: Find the intersections of Blocks 5,1,15 & 16.
Just into Block #1 from this intersection (noted by the white station marker # 17) find the small dark monument for Dr. John H. Morrison. (This granite headstone was actually installed in 1990). While reading this history, note the date he left us. On August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th state in the Union, earning the nickname the “Centennial State.”
Now go stand in front of the nearby flagpole and face the memorial to Colorado’s Confederate Veterans. While standing here, on your left you will see a road that says “No Trespassing. Keep Out” which goes to some water. On this road just before the sign, on the opposite side of the road from it, you'll see a four-trunked cottonwood tree. Go clockwise around to the back side of this tree. Look under some bark where the 4 trunks join for your prize.
Enjoy and re-hide COMPLETELY out of sight using the bark pieces when you're done.
Handmade stamp, history logbook, ink, and pen.
Hellos and status updates alway apreciated.
oh and:
http://www.atlasquest.com/lboxes/clue/index.html?gBoxId=56598
preboxed
Denver
***
About one week before I was going to place this box - I learned that the ONLY time each year one can see Riverside AT NIGHT – is by taking the History and Mystery Tour of Riverside Cemetery. It's held the Saturday night closest to the full moon which occurs prior to Halloween each year. Over 50 people, all with flashlights, were on the tour I took.
***
My urban “extra” for this LB. The Forney Museum of Transportation is nearby (closed Sundays). “Anything on Wheels! Antique Cars, Locomotives, Buggies, Bikes, Motorcycles, Rare and Exotic Vehicles, and more…” www.forneymuseum.com 4303 Brighton Blvd, Denver.
www.geocities.com/preboxed/TTDIDWYD.html