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Angel Penguin LbNA #23778

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jul 16, 2006
Location:
City:Frisco
County:Summit
State:Colorado
Boxes:1
Planted by:Blackvelvetrav
Found by: Fairy Hunter
Last found:Jul 31, 2019
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Jul 16, 2006
“Angel Penguin” Letterbox
Clue Difficulty: Easy
Terrain Difficulty: Easy
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Child Friendly: Yes
Pet Friendly: No
Number of Boxes: 1
Hand Carved Stamp: Yes
Stamp Pad/Ink: No

5/5/09 - Note from SeatleBoundandherAligator: Original logbook and stamp were fine, but someone had added a new logbook and it was soaked. It had just been left in a baggie, that had been all torn up. Box needs a new container. Please help if you can.

History: The date the Frisco Cemetery was established is uncertain; what is known is that it is more than one hundred years old. Portions of the cemetery have been left in their natural vegetative state, while other sections are manicured and maintained by the Town. The cemetery has twenty-seven blocks; three of which are reserved for the Deming, Lund, and Thomas/Mogee families in the naturalized area. One block in the maintained area was purchased by the Rocky Mountain Bible Church to meet special needs of the community and their members. It is surmised that most of the earliest and unmarked graves are for miners or prostitutes.

In 1951 an uproar erupted in the town when newcomer Emil Slovak claimed that a half acre of the cemetery was on his ranch. He erected a barbed-wire fence on what he determined was his property line and threatened to dig up the graves on his side of the fence. After a court battle with Frisco officials, Slovak lost his case. He eventually sold his ranch.

The cemetery doesn't house only the dead. The mowed area is home to dozens of prairie dogs, and the wild area, especially the east side, counts at least one resident badger. While the birds and squirrels that nest in the trees are welcome, the ground inhabitants are not.

Location: The Frisco Cemetery is located on the eastern edge of Frisco, next to Dillion Reservoir, and is directly across the street from the marina. 809 East Main Street, Frisco, Colorado.

Take I-70 to the Frisco Exit. South on Summit Blvd and then left on Main. The Frisco Cemetery is a very immediate left after turning off of Main. Drive into cemetery and stop right where the road turns right. You will see a NO MOTOR VEHICLES sign at the start of a walkway that is shaped like half a rectangle. Stand at this sign and look 310 degrees to the pine tree in the N.W. corner of the cemetery. Circle around the pine counter clockwise to the back and behind the trunk and under a rock is “Angel Penguin”!

A big thanks to Dixie Peach for hiding “Angel Penguin” for me. Should you note the box missing, it’s contents in bad repair or if you just want to say “hi” please contace me at Blackvelvetrav@yahoo.com. Happy hunting!