Terry,
Thanks,after re-reading the site infor from below that looks like the same place-Camp Nickol's build as Ft Nickol's by "Kit Carson" in summer of 1865-Half way from Fort Union in N.M. to Cimarron crossing of the Arkansas.
http://www.desertusa.com/mag03/trails/trails08.html
Near the bottom of this site-that and other research is the all that I know about his Ft site question and location.