After a heartless winter . . .

All winter this cabin, filled with corn and beans from last season’s harvest, has stood empty and frozen through one of the worst winters in living memory, like one long continuous blizzard, and the sun not seen for weeks on end. Lately, however, afternoon light has begun streaming through the palisade logs, lifting the dreariness, [...]

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Scenes from the Christmas Market

Despite the blustery winter weather, the annual Pricketts Fort Christmas Market was very well attended this year. At least, the indoor market was well attended. On that first day in particular, when the raw wind whipping across the open field between the Visitor’s Center and the Fort put one in mind of the Siberian steppes, [...]

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