Several hundred students from various schools in the region, including from Silver City, Bayard, Santa Clara, San Lorenzo and Lordsburg, traveled to Fort Bayard on Friday to learn about the history of the fort and of the area. Activities at the various booths kept the students entertained and informed throughout the day.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Fort Bayard Days 2013 Friday
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Joyce Begay-Foss of the Museum of Indian Tribes and Cutlure explains the use and significanct of a pot.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Students from Mrs. McKee's 4th-grade class at Stout Elementary participate in a tug-of-war against other members of their class.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Patricia Kiddney, who last year at Fort Bayard Days was Miss Manners, told the students about women's suffrage and how women got the right to vote. Before that only men could vote, she explained to a 5th-grade class from Jos+? Barrios Elementary School.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
The Cameo Ladies from Tobmstone, Arizona, had lovely hats for girls from Mrs. Salcido's 4th-grade class at Bayard Elementary School. Here Danajah, 10, tries on a fancy pink hat.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Also from Mrs. Salcido's class, Aizlynn Martinez, 9, holds the lacy umbrella over her head to shield the sun.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Julia Miller, hands out "slates" to students from Mrs. Hughes' 4th-grade class from Jos+? Barrios Elementary school.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Jeannette Giese shows students from Lordsburg High School the niceties of dining in the "old days."
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Ansel Walters shows off a Pershing saddle, designed by Gen. John J. Pershing. The saddle was the first of its kind and was designed to carry bodies out of the battlefieldG??the first time the U.S. Army had attempted to return the bodies of soldiers to their families.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
A encampment as it would have appeared during the late 1800s.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
James Porter of the Fort Bayard National Cemetery told the students about improvements being made to the cemetery and about some of the soldiers buried there since the late 1800s. It is still an active cemetery.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
A group of students heads across the Parade Ground to where they will eat lunch.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
The Cameo Ladies of Tombstone, during lunch break, visit with each other. They gave short skits and explained women's clothing of the late 1800s.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Frances Gonzales, left, and Gloria Beltr+?n, told students about the Apaches, and how they were standing and living in the Apache homeland.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Sarah Flores of Snell Junior High School perfects her hoop-rolling style.
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Braden Baker, 10, in the 4th grade at Harrison Schmitt Elementary School, tries his hand, er, feet at walking on can "stilts."
Fort Bayard Days - Friday- Day for Students
Students from Sixth Street Elementary School get their hands dirty building an adobe wall.
