My friend, Nick, and I set off for a long road trip through central Utah and into Wyoming this morning. Driving from Reno towards Capital Reef National Park, we are planning to hit a number of sites of geologic, paleontologic, and historic interest along the way. Our first stop is little more than a place to stretch our legs, but it does have some historic interest.
Fort Deseret is the first stop along the Pahvant Valley Heritage Trail and offers us a chance to explore the ruins of old adobe wall fort built in 1865 to protect settlers of the area from the local Ute Nation during the Black Hawk War. Only a couple of walls remain of that structure and seeing them here, one wonders how much protection these dirt and grass walls really afforded those within. Apparently, it served it's purpose though and is now designated as a Utah State Park. We walk around a little as much to get the blood flowing as to explore the ruins, but after just a few minutes we head back to the car and continue on our way. It was a nice little diversion.
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