THIS IS BENT'S OLD FORT ON A COLD
WINTRY DAY WITH WHAT IS LEFT OF OUR FIRST AND ONLY SNOW OF THE YEAR SO FAR. THIS IS TYPICAL TO OUR WEATHER HERE. WE GET MOST OF OUR SNOW IN THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND APRIL. OUR SNOW FALL IS VERY SCARCE MOST YEARS AND SO FAR THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DRY ONE, JUST WHEN WE REALLY NEED IT MOST. WE WILL BEGIN TO READY THE FORT FOR THE EARLY TOURIST SEASON STARTING VERY SOON. WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO HAVE LARGE SCHOOL GROUPS IN FOR THE SPRING OUTINGS. WE LIKE TO SEE THE KIDS OUT TO SEE A PIECE OF OUR HISTORY. IF YOU HAVE NOT VISITED US YET, WHY NOT PUT IN ON YOUR VACATION PLANS TO COLORADO THIS YEAR. IT IS REALLY WORTH SEEING.
THIS IS A GOOD PHOTO OF SOME OF THE DRIED FOODS
HANGING IN THE KITCHEN. THEY DID NOT HAVE A GREAT SELECTION OUT HERE ON THE PRAIRIES BACK IN 1833. THEY WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE WHAT YOU SEE HERE SOME OF THE TIME. THEY TRIED TO GARDEN HERE, BUT WERE NEVER TO SUSTAIN A RELIABLE CROP. IT IS MUCH TO ARID HERE AND ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE INDIANS GETTING IN TO IT AND TRAMPLING IT OUT. THEY PRETTY MUCH HAD TO RELY ON THE RETURN WAGONS FROM
SANTA FE TO BRING UP A LOT OF THE NEEDED SUPPLIES FOR COOKING. OF COURSE THERE WAS ALWAYS PLENTY OF MEATS, COFFEE, FLOUR, TOBACCO AND WHISKEY.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THE BLACKSMITH(SMOKEY WAS THE NAME IN 1840'S) HE WAS UP BEFORE DAWN AND STILL WORKING INTO THE NIGHT MANY OF THE DAYS. YOU COULD HERE THE RING OF HIS HAMMER FOR A LONG WAY AROUND. YOU COULD SEE THE GLOW OF THE FORGE AND SMELL THE OF THE HOT STEEL AND GLOWING COALS. HARDLY ANY ONE WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE
EXISTENCE OF THE FORT THAN "SMOKEY"
THIS WAS THE PRIDE OF THE BENT'S OLD FORT. IF THEY DID NOT HAVE IT OR COULD NOT FIND IT THEN THEY DID THEIR BEST TO MAKE IT....THERE WAS ALWAYS PLENTY OF SCRAP METAL AROUND AS THEY NEVER DISPOSED OF ANY OF IT. IT WAS TO VALUABLE OUT HERE 800 MILES FROM ST. LOUIS. WHEN SOMETHING BROKE THEY JUST HAD TO FIX IT SOMEHOW THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO IT. RIGHT NEXT TO THE BLACKSMITH SHOP WAS THE CARPENTRY SHOP WHICH WORKED ON WAGON WHEELS ALL DAY LONG. FROM REPAIRING TO MAKING NEW ONES. THE CARPENTER WAS ONE OF THE MOST VALUED
EMPLOYEES OF BENT'S OLD FORT.
THIS IS BENT'S OLD FORT ON A COLD WINTRY DAY WITH WHAT IS LEFT OF OUR FIRST AND ONLY SNOW OF THE YEAR SO FAR. THIS IS TYPICAL TO OUR WEATHER HERE. WE GET MOST OF OUR SNOW IN THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND APRIL. OUR SNOW FALL IS VERY SCARCE MOST YEARS AND SO FAR THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DRY ONE, JUST WHEN WE REALLY NEED IT MOST. WE WILL BEGIN TO READY THE FORT FOR THE EARLY TOURIST SEASON STARTING VERY SOON. WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO HAVE LARGE SCHOOL GROUPS IN FOR THE SPRING OUTINGS. WE LIKE TO SEE THE KIDS OUT TO SEE A PIECE OF OUR HISTORY. IF YOU HAVE NOT VISITED US YET, WHY NOT PUT IN ON YOUR VACATION PLANS TO COLORADO THIS YEAR. IT IS REALLY WORTH SEEING.
THIS IS A GOOD PHOTO OF SOME OF THE DRIED FOODS HANGING IN THE KITCHEN. THEY DID NOT HAVE A GREAT SELECTION OUT HERE ON THE PRAIRIES BACK IN 1833. THEY WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE WHAT YOU SEE HERE SOME OF THE TIME. THEY TRIED TO GARDEN HERE, BUT WERE NEVER TO SUSTAIN A RELIABLE CROP. IT IS MUCH TO ARID HERE AND ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE INDIANS GETTING IN TO IT AND TRAMPLING IT OUT. THEY PRETTY MUCH HAD TO RELY ON THE RETURN WAGONS FROM SANTA FE TO BRING UP A LOT OF THE NEEDED SUPPLIES FOR COOKING. OF COURSE THERE WAS ALWAYS PLENTY OF MEATS, COFFEE, FLOUR, TOBACCO AND WHISKEY.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THE BLACKSMITH(SMOKEY WAS THE NAME IN 1840'S) HE WAS UP BEFORE DAWN AND STILL WORKING INTO THE NIGHT MANY OF THE DAYS. YOU COULD HERE THE RING OF HIS HAMMER FOR A LONG WAY AROUND. YOU COULD SEE THE GLOW OF THE FORGE AND SMELL THE OF THE HOT STEEL AND GLOWING COALS. HARDLY ANY ONE WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE FORT THAN "SMOKEY"
THIS WAS THE PRIDE OF THE BENT'S OLD FORT. IF THEY DID NOT HAVE IT OR COULD NOT FIND IT THEN THEY DID THEIR BEST TO MAKE IT....THERE WAS ALWAYS PLENTY OF SCRAP METAL AROUND AS THEY NEVER DISPOSED OF ANY OF IT. IT WAS TO VALUABLE OUT HERE 800 MILES FROM ST. LOUIS. WHEN SOMETHING BROKE THEY JUST HAD TO FIX IT SOMEHOW THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO IT. RIGHT NEXT TO THE BLACKSMITH SHOP WAS THE CARPENTRY SHOP WHICH WORKED ON WAGON WHEELS ALL DAY LONG. FROM REPAIRING TO MAKING NEW ONES. THE CARPENTER WAS ONE OF THE MOST VALUED EMPLOYEES OF BENT'S OLD FORT.
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