GC3J2V2 Traditional Cache Richens Wootton
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Pueblo Pioneers @ | Hide Date: 05/01/2012 | Status: Disabled
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 16.209 W104° 37.695 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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One of a series of caches recognizing figures from Pueblo's early days.

Richens "Uncle Dick" Wootton was one of the founders and early residents of Fort Pueblo, having come to Colorado with a wagon train to Bent's Fort. While living near Pueblo, he operated a cattle and buffalo ranch. But he is best known for building a toll road over Raton Pass using the labor of a tribe of Ute Indians.


Most of the information to create this series came from the following three books: Pueblo, an Illustrated History by Eleanor Fry & Ione Miller. 2001. Heritage Media Corp. Carlsbad, CA Pueblo, a Pictorial History by Joanne West Dodds. 1982. The Donning Company/Publishers. Norfolk, VA They All Came to Pueblo: a Social History by Joanne West Dodds. 1994. The Donning Company/Publishers. Virginia Beach, VA

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5 Logs: Found it 2  Didn't find it 2  Temporarily Disable Listing 1  

Temporarily Disable Listing 08/22/2018 By NanCycle
Might be missing.

Didn't find it 08/18/2018 By xnavarafoundx13
Looked for 30 minutes did not find

Didn't find it 03/06/2018 By Link2Love
Lost the touch

Found it 01/09/2018 By HarvestMoon2
TFTC! January 9 and 69 degrees!! That's why we love Colorado! Had to take advantage of the great weather and get a few caches today. Thanks to all the COs for putting these out for us to find. SL HM2

Found it 10/23/2017 By Cosmogyral1
Great hiding place! TFTC!