Have you ever heard of Fort Nichols, Oklahoma?

[dlbleak]

My uncle, Bucky Walters wrote a book about Camp Nichols and the conflict involving the hot springs ownership in Pagosa Springs, CO.
Interesting reading.

Link? My family has been going to SW Colorado since 69. I’m a history nerd and like to soak up any info.

 

[dennishoddy]

Link? My family has been going to SW Colorado since 69. I’m a history nerd and like to soak up any info.

Be near Pagosa Springs this summer.

 

[Snattlerake]

My uncle, Bucky Walters wrote a book about Camp Nichols and the conflict involving the hot springs ownership in Pagosa Springs, CO.
Interesting reading.

Google fu Hee yaaah!

Not the book but interesting.

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1132&context=wagon_tracks

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

Google fu Hee yaaah!

Not the book but interesting.

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1132&context=wagon_tracks

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apparently Kit Carson was supposed to build it in New Mexico Territory but just didn’t go quite far enough.

*from what I heard*