Fort Roberdeau ~ Part One

In Blair County their is a replica of a fort that was built to protect a lead mining operation during the American Revolution.  It is called Fort Roberdeau ~ The Lead Mine Fort.  You can click on this LINK to get more information

I toured it on Saturday.

*note - the photo below looks a little different because I was fooling around with the settings in my camera and made it an HDR image*

 there is a farm on the grounds too. they use the old barn for a gift shop and small museum.

 approaching the front gate.

 front entrance to fort.

 inside the gate are these four houses to the right. The first and bigger one is the officer's quarter's. We will visit that today.

 writing desk

 bare necessities

rope bed. would you like to sleep on one of these. they may be fairly comfortable

looking across the compound from inside the door.

Next week we will visit the storage house and barracks.

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RUBBISH BY ROAN.