Cache Creek, Lake County, Colorado 39.043453 -106.271782 USA http://salidaarchive.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cash-creek-ledger.pdf Major Joseph S. Hutchinson's Cash Creek ledger Cache (or Cash) Creek is located between Leadville and Buena Vista, Colorado, north of Granite. In 1860, Cache Creek became the first settlement of note in the upper Arkansas Valley, starting with a population of about 300 and exploding to 3,000 the next year. The placer included a three-mile stretch of river, plus two-miles up Cache Creek. Joseph S. Hutchinson, superintendent of the Cash Creek Placer, recorded his proceedings in the Cash Creek ledger (attached). yes yes