Place talk:Colonia Cave Valley, Chihuahua, Mexico

Determining Location of Cave Valley [29 April 2013]

This colony no longer exists. I found the following from Deseret Weekly, volume 48 (http://books.google.com/books?id=3WXUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA812):

"The facilities here are too limited for a large settlement but there are room for more than those who are now here and here as well as in all the other Mormon settlements in Mexico a hearty invitation is extended to other Latter day Saints to come and settle Cave Valley is 7 miles north of the Pacheco townsite and 35 miles by round about road southwest of Colonia Juarez but a new road over the mountains is now being made which will shorten the distance to Juarez about six miles"

I then looked up the location of Pacheco on Google Maps, and followed it up the river 7 miles, where I found a small settlement. I assumed that this is the original location.--Jdfoote1 22:10, 28 April 2013 (EDT)