Fort Stanton, NM – Saturday October 18, 2014

After Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me we drove north to Fort Stanton.

It has an interesting history from 1855 when it was first established, 1899 Marine Hospital for care of tuberculosis, 1933 – 1940 as a CCC camp, 1939 – 1945 prisoner of war camp for German sailors, 1963 – 1996 facility for the care of mentally challenged, 1996 – 1999 State Corrections Facility of women, 2000 – 2009 drug rehabilitation center, 2008 state monument.

Tomorrow we leave for Rockhound State Park south of Deming, NM.

It was a good day, and Hank got to travel with us today.