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Fort Sanford Multi-Cache

Hidden : 4/25/2022
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


To find this cache visit the historic marker at the posted coordinates and get information to complete this coordinates:

N 37° 56.ABC W 112° 25.DCA

Historic Fort Sanford

Numerous fortifications were erected in Central and Southern Utah in 18GA and 18EF during the Black Hawk Indian War to protect small settlements against attack by bands of Ute, Paiute, and Navajo Indians. Most were built around the towns themselves, and generally by the local citizens, but Fort Sanford was unique in design, construction, and purpose.

By orders from the commanding officers of the Territorial Militia and the Iron Military District, Major Silas Sanford Smith was directed to raise a force of fifty well-armed men to help protect the settlements of Circleville and Panguitch and to construct a fortification near the confluence of Bear Creek and the Sevier River. This was a strategic location commanding the Ute Indian Trail as well as the north-south route taken by pioneer settlers traveling through the area and along the Old Spanish Trail. Each provided access to the western regions.

Although Fort Sanford was in operation for a relatively short period of time, it represented a unique chapter in the history of this area. This monument is a tribute to the soldiers who built the Fort and the pioneers it protected.

E - 6 = B 
F - 5 = C
G - 4  = D

 

 

https://youtu.be/LHwU-78cm5E (Youtube)

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