Cowboy's Four Corners Crossroads

GC9XP0E Traditional Cache

Cowboy's Four Corners Crossroads
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro

| Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5

| Terrain: 1.5 out of 5

Travelers for centuries have passed through Cortez, Colorado following the Old Spanish Trail. The Domínguez–Escalante expedition was a Spanish journey of exploration conducted in 1776 by two Franciscan priests, Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, to find an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to their Roman Catholic mission in Monterey, on the coast of modern-day central California.

The Trail runs through six states, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah connecting Northern New Mexico (Santa Fe, NM) with Alta, California (Los Angeles, CA)

Cortez, Colorado became the center of trade for Four Corners (intersection of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico).

In present times, US-491 comes from Utah through Cortez and on to Shiprock, New Mexico or Kayenta, Arizona. Joining this highway is US-160 coming from Durango, Colorado thus all roads lead to Cortez.

You may need tweezers or needle nose pliers to remove the log.