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HitTheTrail
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There is a bit of documented history about the old Tarpiscan school down at the mouth of Tarpiscan creek. Some fellow NWhikers even posted photos of it here. What is less known is that the school was built a few miles up the creek and used there for years long before it was moved near the river.
Steve had some old maps of the location so we hiked up to the abandomed homestead near Colockum Pass for a quick gear testing overnight trip and checked out the original school site on the way back.
 The school was located down in the creek bottom just down stream from the two trees on the right.  this is a line of rocks of one side of the foundation. Steve has some much better photos of the foundation.  Looking up toward Sheridan Springs homestead.  Looking toward the Columbia  Old harvester.  engine compartment.  I almost stepped on a BIG rattler getting a different view of this machine.  Vintage cars  Bone yard  Steve coming up to the bone yard.  View up to the old ranch  looking down on the school foundation.  some chimney bricks from the old school.  HitTheTrail standing behind the foundation.  more foundation.
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Get Out and Go
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Looks excellent there.....except for the Rattler part. 
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
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lookout bob
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Any cactus blooming yet? We were just down in the Gorge and the flowers are awesome there. Seems a bit later here in Washington... 
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
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HitTheTrail
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We didn't see any, but then the only place I have ever seen cactus down there has been up high on the west flank of Cape Horn south of the south fork Tarpiscan Creek.
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HitTheTrail
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Wildernessed and Steve decided to day hike to the mouth of Tarpiscan creek where the remains of the old Tarpiscan school sits just above the flooded remains of the Spanish Castle, and invited me to go. That sounded like a great outing to me.
 Steve standing in the remains of the old Tarpiscan school after the fire went through.  From a publication.  Foundation.  Garage and generator room.  Steve and Wildernessed.  Getting ready for lunch.  It says 1917 - Les Coffin
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Pyrites
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Am I too young to ask what the Spanish Cstle was?
Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
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HitTheTrail
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| Pyrites wrote: | | Am I too young to ask what the Spanish Cstle was? |
Only if you are too young to read (not being snarky, just having fun)! There is some history about the Spanish castle in the Get Out And Go post I linked in my opening statement above.
Also, when we were eating lunch two hikers paddled across the river and beached just north of us. We didn't encounter them, but as we hiked out they were spotted just approaching the summit of Cape Horn.
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