An Old Fort

As mentioned in the previous post, here’s the historic site my husband and I stopped at on our recent afternoon drive: 

The town owns the same name, Fort Atkinson.  I blogged about the fort a few years ago.  Click here to go to that blogpost which includes historical info.  My husband and I did a quick walkabout of the fort grounds.  Notice how dry the grass is.  Rain is needed! 

This stairway leads down the hill to an old church:

There were plenty of stone walls to look at.  What a job it must have been to build those!  The limestone was quarried from the same hill the fort sits on.  I took this photo to use as a computer screen background:

Click here to go to a website for Fort Atkinson, Iowa.