New Bastion and Wall ...

Photo by Patricia Desmond		 where the old one once stood.  An old freight wagon stands in the center as a reminder of what was once used to carry supplies and materials to and from the Fort.

"The fort was 150 feet square and built of large sun-dried adobes on a foundation of stone. The walls were fourteen feet high, two feet thick at the base, and one foot thick at the top. About six feet from the ground were peepholes, to be used for observation in case of trouble."

An Enduring Legacy: Volume Ten
Replica of  Pioneer  Garden

"Enough food was raised the first summer (corn, beans, peas, melons) to help sustain the settlers until next year's crops were ready. In November [1855] they harvested cotton from the planting in July.  Grape cuttings, fruit trees, and seeds were brought from California. The colony became almost self-sustaining."

An Enduring Legacy: Volume Ten
 
Photo by Patricia Desmond
Recreated Creek and Bridges

The Old Ranch gets a new bridge and the water runs passed the old fort once again.


Photo by Patricia Desmond

 The old "new bridge" in this photo taken around 1907.
UNLV Special Collections
 
Created July 2000
for Friends of the Fort
by Patricia Desmond