Over the last few years, since I became a full time RVer, I have visited numerous historic sites west of the Mississippi River. None, however, have had the unique impact on me of Ft. Sumner and the Bosque Redondo Memorial. Many Forts were built by the Army to protect the settlers. Ft. Sumner’s history is far more sinister than many of the other forts. This was where over 8500 Navajo and 500 Apache Indians were interred from 1863 to 1868. Hundreds of these people died on their “Long Walk” to Ft. Sumner and at the fort from disease, starvation, failed crops and unpotabl
