Fort Nonsense

The fort was named Fort Bonneville but it was a well known truth throughout the West that a better name was Fort Nonsense.

Looking back it was a good summer camp and easily accessed by wagon trains for supplies an safe from the Indians, but it lacked food and pasture.  A great  location, it was centrally located to most warring tribes in the mountains and the plains.

Fort Nonsense controlled the Snake River Pass from Oregon to California, and repelled anyone  coming from the Pacific Ocean.  Hmmm - remember Bonneville's true reason for partnering with Walker on this expedition?

Walker did not take part in the construction of the fort but went looking for free trappers to replace the lost Delaware Indians.

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