Mickey Finn 2,692 Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Here's a few pics from out west. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
green lurchers 16,360 Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 20 minutes ago, Mickey Finn said: Here's a few pics from out west. Great pics mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 2,692 Posted December 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 These are the remains of Fort Union New Mexico. Three forts stood on this ground. The first was mostly log building and the last was mostly brick and adobe. The log fort was built in the 1850's (I know, you have church doors twice as old as that). It housed the 8th Cavalry, and then the 9th Cavalry during the Apache Wars. (The US won those wars too). This sat on the old Santa Fe trail which was the main route from Franklin Missouri to the pueblo of Santa Fe. You can still see the wagon ruts made by pioneers and merchants. They tell us that when the fort was abandoned settlers helped themselves to many of the bricks etc. to build their homesteads. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 2,692 Posted December 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 This is the old stockade or jail. It's the only building that escaped the settler's hands. I imagine more than a few old cowboys sought shelter here from the weather. It was exactly 12:05pm when I took the picture of the sun dial. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 2,692 Posted December 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 This is the remains of a Kiva. There are countless ones scattered throughout the southwest. They are believed to be either ceremonial or at least a gathering place for ancient Puebloan Peoples. They would have had a roof with a hole in the center for the fire smoke to escape. They believe you entered by climbing down through the smoke. When do know that Native American's had problems evacuating smoke from their shelters and some of the elderly suffered from blindness because of this. They put a lot of work into their building considering they had neither horses or wheels to move building materials. That's not an original ladder of course. But this may have been used for storage. Though as you can see below they all seem to have smoke staining inside. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 2,692 Posted December 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 If you look close you can see some of the designed carved into the canyon wall these are Petroglyph's. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 2,692 Posted December 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 This just the moose I shot this year which filled my freezer and freed me to go exploring during hunting season. Thanks for looking. 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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