Mrs. Pratt had five of them. The largest collection outside of russia, more than the queen of england owns and she had them here in this house. Later on she donated them to the Virginia State museum. So today you could see them in one of the rooms down there. She predeceased mr. Pratt by a number of years. He lived here by himself up until 1975 when well into his 90s he died and at that point he gave the house to the National Park service. Realizing its historical importance. Thanks to the jens rossty of this man that we are able to show the house to you. I hope you enjoy it. If the you have any questions ask me and of course, we have a lot of interesting things going on on the front grounds today as well. So please take advantage of those as well. The gardens were on the front of the house. Entirely obliterated. If you look at pictures, we have one on the fireplace, of that side of the house during the war, youll see no garden. After the war was over in the 1920s they then moved the g
We are basically standing on the oregon trail, mormon pioneer trail, california trail, pony express trail, trans continental telegraph came through here. Then the u. S. Army in the 1860s. One of the important things to remember about this site is there was a lot of activity happened here before the army ever showed up. The first occupation of this site was 1847. They get to this location and need to get across the north platt river. The north river doesnt look overly intimidating. Back then there werent five dams and didnt have a regulated channel. When they get here on june 12 you have a big river to contend with. June you have snow melt coming out of the mountains, the river as big as it is going to get all year. We are looking at a river almost 1 noun feet across. What they had done is they built a ferry operation. Prior to that you just found a shallow spot and hoped the river was shallow enough to get across. The ferry operations became a safer way to cross. Once they crossed thei
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1847. Brigham young and the planar party are moving west and they get to this location and they need to get across the north platte river. It does not look overly intimidating but that but back then, there were not dams upstream and you did not have a regular to channel. When they get here on june 12, youve got a big river that you have to contend with. In june, youve got the snowmelt coming out of the mountains on the river is as big as it will be all year whenever the pioneers are showing up here. Were looking at a river that is almost 1000 feet across. What they had done as they built a ferry operation. Prior to that, you just forwarded the river and found the shallow spot and hoped the river was shallow enough to ford it and the ferry operations became a safer way to cross so once they cross their party, they realized there were a lot of immigrants on the trail and we can help others for a small fee. They set up a ferry operation during the migration period each summer in the first
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