Wok N Roll with us...Bob and Teri Along with Atlas and Kalani: Fort Stockton, Texas 4/24-27/2015

Fort Stockton the weekend we were there was having the Big Bend Open Road Race.Big Bend Race The race is 59 miles each way, from Fort Stockton, TX to Sanderson, TX and back. It takeses place along US HWY 285. There are various classes including unlimited speeds and various touring speeds. Those in the various touring speed classes attempt to complete the course at an average speed, It seemed amazing to us that the completions for these were within hundreths of a second even in the 150 MPH class.

While in Fort Stockton we also visited the Historic Fort Stockton, the Annie Riggs Memorial Museum and various other sites along their driving tour.

Historic Fort Stockton was established as a fort in 1858. The post protected travelers heading west from San Antonio, Texas. The US Army withdrew from Fort Stockton during the Civil War and in 1861 the fort was abandoned. In 1867 the fort would be re-established with 4 companies of the 9th Cavalry. The post war fort would be occupied for 19 more years, with it being abandoned once more in 1886. Company punishment could be severe, as shown in the pictures below.

The Annie Riggs Memorial museum we visited is housed in what was originally a hotel and boarding house, run by a woman of the same name. The museum with its 13 rooms included a recreated parlor, kitchen and other artifacts from the area.

We finished our visit with the Fort Stockton Driving Tour. Included along the tour are 17 local sites and buildings. We show you the Episcopal Church and the Courthouse.