Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-25
HISTORIC SITE BEAU11FIED


The place where Bent, pioneer of
Arkansas valley. built an immense
adobe fort away back in the '30s and
which was an impregnable resort for
white plainsmen OF all degrees for
many years has for nearly a century
shown lack of woman's nursing"
but now under feminine direction it
Will make far better appearance as
relic of the dead past than it did in
the time of Indians and scouts and
buffalocs. La Junta Democrat OF a
date in past week says:
Forty or fifty La Junta men and
women, armed with polished shoveis
and spades. ready for action. jour-
| ncyed to old Bents Fort about eight
miles cast of La Junta this morning.
| and they spent tho forenoon setting
out trees. Two hundred trecs. elm
hours and all who took part enjoyed
the work. A row of trees was plant
ed on ono side of tho road leading
from tho main Santa Fe trail to the
old fort. row around the grounds
and quite n number at the entrance
to tho grounds
George Williams. who lives near
the site of the fort had burrows dug
previous to the arrival of the La
Junta crowd. and the men soon got
their shovels to work. The women
also did somc of the work. and It liz
handsr among the bunch. By the
timc Che trees were all planted tho
ladies had hot coffee and sandwiches
prepared and all enjoyed n picnic
lunch. The party arrived In La
Junta shortly after noon. Several Las
Animas people were also present.
Mr.. Williams has agreed to SEQ
that the trees are supplied with
plenty of water. and II will not he
long until the place will take on an
entirely different appearance. Tho
county commissioners have Improved
the road leading TO the fort.
The work today was done under
the plans made by the Daughters of
tho American Revolution, which or
Eanization is now owner of the old
fort. Tho ladies plan to make further
improvements about the place from
year TO year, until they have IT one
Of the show places in the state.
SCENES THAT CHILL THE BLOOD
a hundred localities in Colorado
arc studying up and putting into ac-
ton ingenious schemes to pull cast
crn tourists their way during the
summer. most of these plans ncccs-
stating large expense. 1t would be
hard to devise a moro powerful in
duccmcnt to swcltering victims of tho
tormentinE lowlands than to send out
copies of pictures here described by
week:
Some photographs OF exceptional
beauty and interest are now on dis
play in the Norbock store window.
these having been taken In tho Alex
nndcr Lakes region during tho winter
months Curtis Lyman. cart-takcr
of tho lakes and cabins In tho winter
time, took tho pictures. which show
the deep SHOWS covering the timbercd
lands and tho lakes. and the ghost
Ike cabins pceping UP thru their
white surrounding carrying great
loads of snow on the roofs.
Some of tho photos show beautiful
skiing scenes. and the great depth OF
snow is depicted where n side view
of tho cabin roofs shows "A sectional
view, tho fluffy white massinE in
those places for a depth of nearly
nine feet. Only n fow weeks ago
when the pictures were taken there
was eight fcet of snow on the ground
on the level. with probably fifteen
feet or more AS tho greatest depth
during the dead of winter. as 1t had
settled greatly from the warmer
weather.
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