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, or a large "Bison-type" cannister, with an identifying Santa Fe Trail Association information on the top it, 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. This cache has been camouflaged to deter mugglers. Each cache contains a logbook to sign, as well as a few swag items. If you are participating in the Passport activity, the code word is located on the inside of the container, 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.
Wolf Mountain is between Willow Bar and Upper Spring on the Santa Fe Trail, about 9 miles north of Boise City on US Highway 286/385, and then to the northeast. Branches of the trail passed on both sides of this mountain on the way to Upper Spring. Willow Bar is approximately 11 miles north and 1.1 miles east of Boise City, Oklahoma. Here the Santa Fe Trail crossed the Cimarron River, leaving the valley for higher ground and passing on both sides of Wolf Mountain. Willow Bar usually had water and was frequently used as a campsite. It was also the scene of Indian attacks and other problems. Upper, or Flag Spring is 9 miles north and 1.5 miles west of Boise City. Upper Spring is a beautiful setting, with a high rocky hill, the spring, a pond formed by an earthen dam, and views to the Cimarron Valley. It was a campsite on the Santa Fe Trail and also the scene of Indian troubles. Cold Spring #1 is 6 miles west and 8 miles north of Boise City. Inscription Rock contains the names of many Santa Fe Trail travelers from the 1840s and later. This site is believed to be the location of the stage station at Cold Spring. Cold Spring #2 is approximately 7 miles west and 7 miles north of Boise City. A branch of the Santa Fe Trail ran south of this spring site. Autograph Rock, which contains the names of many trail travelers from the 1850s and later, is nearby. If you walk up to the previous location of this cache at coordinates N 36° 51.878 W 102° 30.964, you will be able to view the ruts of the Santa Fe Trail as they head southwest