This cache is one of the “Along the ArKansas” Caches, that I have placed. Others are at Syracuse,Great Bend and Wichita.
This is a virtual cache (no cache container)and is combined with the viewing of the Santa Fe Trail Tracks and the Soule Canal. The ArKansas River is viewable south of the parking area. Follow the coordinates to the viewing of the Santa Fe Trail Tracks.
To verify that you have found this cache and claim credit for a find,
Email me the other name that the canal was called other than Soule’s Folly…it was Soule’s ___. It is an animal and is found on one of the signs it talks about the Soule Canal and all the work that was put in making it.
Please don't post the answer or any pictures showing it.
Logs from Geocachers who have not visited the 'Along the ArKansas-Dodge City' Cache in person will not be accepted..
Abit about the Arkansas River…
At 1450 miles, the Arkansas is the longest tributary in the Mississippi-Missouri system. From its source near Leadville, Colorado, the river drops almost 10,000 feet in elevation in 125 miles (from near Mt. Democrat, c. 14,145 ft., to Pueblo, c. 4,600 ft.), carving out scenic beauty including the Royal Gorge. It travels through Kansas, where it irrigates wheat fields, then through Northeastern Oklahoma. There it is joined by the Canadian, Cimarron, Neosho-Grand, and Verdigris Rivers. It then crosses the state of Arkansas where it empties into the Mississippi River 600 miles north of New Orleans.
In Kansas..
The Arkansas enters the state west of Syracuse where it passes just south of town, then it goes southeast, south of the cities of Garden City & Dodge City. From there it goes northeast to south of Great Bend (where it makes the great bend..hmm) then southeast to the southside of Hutchinson, through Wichita, and eventually leaves the state by Arkansas City, where it goes into Kaw reservoir, east of Ponca City and then on to Tulsa.