This well was dug in 1871 and used by freighters hauling goods from Kansas Territory to Fort Union, New Mexico. The gazebo over the well was reconstructed in 1962 based on pictures of the original structure. The branch of the Santa Fe Trail that entered Cimarron from the northeast crossed the river and moved up the bank just east of the Dold Brothers' Warehouse. The plaza served as an overnight campground for trail-bound wayfarers and a watering place for their horses and oxen until 1880 when the arrival of the railroad in Santa Fe relegated the Trail to history.