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Fort Stanton had many other buildings, some of which are shown here. It also had a large ranch and farming operation, raising cattle, horses, hogs and a variety of crops. Here is a look at the the world the Fort Stanton Kids knew. For additional historic photos, contact the Webmaster to order a CD of some 1,000 photos for $10.

Community House under construction, early 1930s	Complete, Laundry Row in background	Community House interior, 1930s	Community House (museum) today

Occupational Therapy Building, 1934	Occupational Therapy Bldg. now	Fort Stanton School, 1934	New Power Plant, 1934

Seamans Social Club, 1930s)	Seamans Social Club, which burned down	Seamans Club and Community House	Entrance to Fort Stanton, 1930s

Original tent houses	License Row-ship officers	New shacks	Shacks in 1940s

Staff clubhouse on the Bonito	Parade Ground, 1912	Parade Ground 1953	CCC Camp, 1937

New Milk House, 1934	Corrals and dairy, 1940s	Abandoned Milk House	Milk House interior, 2009

Corral office	Corral gate	Road construction, 1940s	New reservoir, 1920s

New Pump House, 1034	Reservoir below Round Top	Dairyi calves	Fort Stanton cowboys, 1938

Roundup	More roundup	Cows in holding pen	Branding day

Back in the pasture	A Fort Stanton combine	Fort Stanton once raised sheep	And lots of hogs

Fort Stanton Rodeo, last held in 1940	Getting ready to compete	Rodeo grandstand, 1920s	Bull riding

Preparing the rodeo barbecue	Old cemetery, military and later hospital staff, 2003	Flood of 1941 on the Bonito	Simming hole on the Bonito

Indian Rock	Blue Gorge	Mesa Road	Historic sign

Fort Stanton's Churches
The Episcopal and Catholic churches were centers of religious and social activity. The Protestant "preacher" also operated the Community Center. The Episcopal church was located in a wing of Bldg. 6 behind the dining hall. The Catholic church initially was in a wing at the rear of the old hospital, Bldg. 11. When that building was demolished in 1937 after the 1935 completion of the new hospital, the wing with the church was left free-standing and a new stone front was installed on it. During the "building boom" of 1939-40, a new Catholic church was constructed in its present location. The stones were removed from the front of the old church, carefully numbered, and installed in the same location on the front of the new church. Contrary to what some modern-day historians have written, the German prisoners had nothing to do with construction of the new church, which was completed and in operation before they arrived at Fort Stanton.

The old Catholic church in the hospital wing	Catholic church interior, pre-1920	Church interior a little later	Free-standing church, materiel office at right

Free-standing church	The stone front	Father O'Hara with parishoners, Bldg. 13 at right	The Catholic church today

Painting that once hung in the Catholic church	Episcopal church in Bldg. 6	Interior, Church of our Redeemer

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