We stopped at Cove Fort on our way home and I am so glad we did! It was built in 1867 by Ira Hinckley (grandfather of President Hinckley, I believe.) as a way station and protection for pioneers along the "Mormon Corridor". The fort itself is beautiful and the history is fascinating. They had all the rooms re-created and restored - the stagecoach room, the telegraph room, the kitchen, root cellar, and bedrooms. I was in awe of resourcefulness and talent of these pioneers. Nothing was wasted. When clothes were worn out they were ripped into rags, which they made into rugs. When the rugs wore out they burned them in the fire. They took the ashes from the fire and used them to make soap. Everything was made by hand but the level of detail in the hand crafting was amazing and beautiful!
The boys loved getting to climb to the top and look out the gun ramparts and knocking on the trunks of the Black Locust trees, which are hollow and sound like a drum.
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