Fort Cummings

Yesterday Loren and I made to road trip to the site of Fort Cummings (click here for more information).

The information.

 What remains of the fort today. Taken from the same location as the picture on the sign above.

 The soldiers were removed from the cemetery and reburied at Fort Leavenworth. The only remains in the cemetery today are of civilians.

 The walls of the fort were made of 'dobby' as the sodiers called it and every rain adds to their demise.

 Some parts of the walls were constructed of stone and these walls were part of the Butterfield stage station which was adjacent to the fort.

 This is looking from the fort down to the spring house which is just to the right of center. It's a little surprising to see the water so far from the fort.

 Information about Cooke's Spring.

 The spring house itself. The AT&SF constructed the walls around the spring in 1881.

 The stonewalls that house the horse corral. It was close to another half mile past the spring to this enclosure.

 This corral was built by the buffalo soldiers from rocks found in the area .

Looking out over the country from above the fort which is in the center of the picture.

A test: The name of the mountain is Cookes' mountain, the spring is Cooke's spring and the canyon the stagecoach ran through that the soldiers were there to protect was Cooke's canyon. Who do you think commanded the fort during the time of naming? If you said Colonel Phillip Cooke you would be correct. Colonel Cooke might have had a bit of an ego.

Today is another no-plan day. This means whatever happens will occur. For sure enjoying the good life will be a part of it.