GC14YB5 Lewis' Old Fort
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: TillyMae @ | Hide Date: 08/05/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 13.923 W108° 02.982 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 7
           

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This is a quick cache & dash in a lovely rural country setting. Travel Bugs will like it here, on the "go between" Colorado & New Mexico.

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You're looking for a 7"x5"x2.5" Ultra Latch container. Please hide it well! It is not hidden near or in the buildings so please be respectful of them.

"Old" Fort Lewis was named after Lt. Col. William H. Lewis, an Alabama born West Pointer who was cited twice for gallantry & meritorious service in the 1862 New Mexico Campaign during the Civil War.

This 6,300 acre facility on the LaPlata River has served as a military fort, Indian school, high school, 2-year agricultural college & is now the San Juan Basin Research Center.
Here's a website for you history buffs: http://oldfort.fortlewis.edu/military.htm

Be sure to catch the other nearby caches along the routes from here:
Domingues Escalante Pipe Dream GCNQJ2 toward Cortez,CO
3 DWII GCQMYC, GCQN83, GCQN82) caches toward Durango,CO
Line Dispute GCVV5E toward Farmington,NM

06/21/2019 By ksshipman
Learning about geo caching at Cub scout camp last week

06/14/2019 By FraqueNation2018
Added several trackables!

06/14/2019 By Leapmom
Tons of Geo coins! Totally take and move them to other caches!

06/14/2019 By Saraslm
Fun Cub Scout Day camp!!!

06/11/2019 By FraqueNation2018
Tftc! I originally found the cache for this he Cub Scout Day Camp. Please do not find the cache this coming Friday fore we will be using it all day.

09/08/2018 By TillyMae
Thanks to the cacher who told me the cache box was broken & no longer weather tight! I have replaced the box & loaded it with lots of swag. Happy caching!!! Please hide it well! :)

09/02/2018 By Gsmamma
Tftf

08/31/2018 By AutumnEB
Container is badly in need of repair/replacement. The lid won’t go on and is cracked. When I found it it was not hidden at all, with the lid a few feet away. I put it back together but unfortunately did not have any tape or anything for the container. Hid it as securely as I could though, should stay dry.
A really nice little spot, thanks for this.

08/04/2018 By midwestgals
TFTC

07/21/2018 By BlackShadowMC
TFTC

07/21/2018 By Cpl_Dirk
This is a really cool spot with some neat history. No trackables though....

Thanks

07/21/2018 By collodion_gal
TFTC! Glad to have a reason to finally visit the Fort.

05/21/2018 By C. Spenc
Found it!

05/19/2018 By tashamk12
Thanks for the Pokémon cards (:

05/09/2018 By ecurreil
Great location. Awesome history lesson. Tons of quality swag here. TFTC!

04/28/2018 By Latitoliv & Liara
A little stop beetween Mesa Verde and Farmington.
Cool an historic point and a big box !
Thx for the cache.
We took a TB and dropped our personal wood coin and another TB

04/22/2018 By colorado_country
Dropped off a few trackables.

04/14/2018 By TX2DGO
Our 2nd cache to find and so close to our home! Dash and cache...fun!