FORT CHADBOURNE RECEIVES GRANT, January 2001, Coke County, TX ***************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net 30 January 2001 ***************************************************************** The Observer/Enterprise, Friday, January 5, 2000 (should be 2001) The Fort Chadbourne Faoundation has received a $374,000 grant from the Dodge Jones Foundation of Abilene. The grant is designated for the labor involved in the structural stabilization of Fort Chadbourne's historic buildings, the first phase of a four-phase plan. Though the work will begin immediately, additional funding is still needed for materials and operating expenses to complete the project. "This (grant)enables the Foundation to begin what is needed to stabilize the Fort's ruins," said Garland Richards, owner of Chadbourne Ranch and chairman of the Foundation board. "With the preservation of the buildings, the Fort will become more accessible to visitors." The three additional phases include a visitor's center/museum, reconstruction of up to four of the buildings at Fort Chadbourne, and the establishment of an endowment. Fort Chadbourne Foundation is the administrative function of Fort Chadbourne, one of eight historic Forts on the Texas Forts Trail. Opened to the public since 1999, Fort Chadbourne was built as a frontier fort in 1852. Family - owned since the 1870's, the Fort is located eleven miles northeast of Bronte on U. S. Highway 277. Fort Chadbourne has an extensive historical artifact collection - over 18,000 artifacts have been catalogued, including an Indian artifact collection, with many items estimated to be over 6,000 - 9,000 years old. Permission granted by Observer/Enterprise for publication in the Coke County TXGenWeb Archives