GC3JXYF Traditional Cache Mormon Battalion
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Pueblo Pioneers @ | Hide Date: 05/23/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 15.348 W104° 36.247 | 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.

The Mormon Battalion was formed in Iowa in July, 1846 during the Mexican War. The Battalion's assignment was to march to San Diego to assist the US Army in the war effort. The Battalion was accompanied by the families of some of the soldiers, in addition to other settlers. A detachment of sick soldiers, as well as most of the women and children, was left at Fort Pueblo for the winter. This group established the first church, school and cemetery in Pueblo.


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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10 Logs: Found it 9  Didn't find it 1  

Found it 05/24/2019 By supraliminal
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Found it 05/24/2019 By gojenni714
Lots of muggle activity. Difficult to be sneaky, but we got that done. TFTC

Found it 05/15/2019 By TJpooh
Tjpooh

Found it 05/12/2019 By chipdog1234
it was tricky but the pictures was the hint and it was the best way to find it??

Found it 05/08/2019 By trsisneros
Took a bit to find.

Found it 08/15/2018 By xnavarafoundx13
Very tricky. Walked around it about 4 times before i made the find

Found it 07/16/2018 By VivAndMadi
Saw mufflers so we read the plaque and had a little history lesson. TFTC TNLN PYOP.

Didn't find it 07/15/2018 By SeekDaCache
We spent about 15 minutes searching and decided to move on. no luck here today

Found it 06/22/2018 By Eljordino69
Had to cheat because I felt out in the open looking too long for it. Tftc

Found it 06/22/2018 By Livie757
Found it very tricky with eljordino69