This cache is part of the larger Santa Fe Trail GeoTour. Be sure to visit www.santafetrail.org/geocaching to learn about the PASSPORT ACTIVITY to accompany this Geo Tour.
Containers on the Santa Fe National Historic Trail Geo Tour are military ammunition canisters, or Brochure-Holder boxes, with an identifying Santa Fe Trail Association yellow sticker on the top of the box, under the handle and the dark green geocaching.com ID is on the side of the boxes with the information that provides coordinates, who set the cache and who to contact for information. Each cache contains a logbook to sign, a variety of items that provide information about the Santa Fe Trail as well as swag items. If you are participating in the Passport activity, the code word is located on the inside of the box, on the top of the lid and is clearly identified as Code Word. Permission to set caches has been obtained. We ask that all cachers please respect all property at the sites where our caches are set.
Bent's New Fort is 1 mile west of the Prowers-Bent county line on US 50, then 1 mile south on Prowers County Road 35, 0.2 mile east, and 0.5 mile south. This fort was operated by William Bent from 1853 to 1860, when he leased the site to the U.S. Army. Only foundation ruins outline the post. To learn more about this site, and to view the interpretive panels, visit: http://www.nps.gov/safe/historyculture/bents-new-fort.htm