Mormon Battalion November 16, 1846 Traditional Cache
Mormon Battalion November 16, 1846
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In 1846 at the request of the United States government, 500 men, 33 women, and 51 children from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army as part of the Mexican-American War. The Mormon Battalion was the only religiously based unit in United States military history. They marched on foot from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to Los Angeles, California.
Turn north onto Cooke's Canyon Rd./Luna Co.Rd.A019, which is 14.5 miles northeast of Deming on the Deming to Hatch road. Go north on Cooke's Canyon Rd. 1 mile to a cattleguard at waypoint N 32.25.712 W 107.35.248. Immediately after that, turn left on the narrow two-track rocky dirt road to the west. From here on the road can get a little too rough for a low clearance car. Another 4 or 5 miles and you will arrive at old Ft. Cummings and Cooke's Spring. The cache is on the hill west of the fort.
The Mormon Battalion camped here November 16, 1846 prior to Fort Cummings and the Butterfield Stage Station being built here. Daniel Tyler, a member of the Battalion, wrote, “Passing around the base of a mountain on the 16th to a narrow canyon, we found a marshy water hole, which was given the name of “Cooke’s Spring.” Here we found much broken earthen ware scattered all over the ground.
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