Sitgreaves Pass Cache Traditional Cache
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Easy parking at the pass. A fairly steep climb to top of mesa,
following a "Donkey trail". Beautiful Tri-state view at top.
In 1851, Lt Sitgreaves was surveying a way over the Black Mtn's for
the US Army. He crossed over the Mtn's at what is now called Union
Pass, the Hwy 68 route. In 1858, another Army surveyor, Lt Ives,
thought he was following the same route as Sitgreaves and when he
reached this pass, Ives mistakenly named it after Lt Sitgreaves.
Sitgreaves Pass is the route the 1st wagon train traveled, heading
west out of Albuquerque, NM, instead of using the usual southern
route through Yuma, because of recent attack's by Apache Indians.
Following the Beale Wagon Road, towards the Colorado River, there
journey met with disaster. Attacked by Mojave Indians at the river,
eight member's were killed and over a dozen were wounded. They
retreated over this pass, back towards Albuquerque, NM and soon ran
out of food and water. After eating their livestock, including
horse's and mule's, the survivor's were finally rescued by another
wagon train. Hearing of the trouble they had encountered at the
river, both groups returned to New Mexico. This incident convinced
the Army to put a fort at the river, which became Fort Mohave. The
fort protected Beale's River Crossing, providing a safe passage
across the river to California. The cache is a plastic container,
filled with fun stuff and a FTF Fiver,(aka DCF).
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