Early one sunday morning not to long ago. I went out to Fort Griffin State Historical Site to get some sunrise photos. As I was walking through the old stone remnants of the fort I tried to imagine what it must have been like for the residents here. It's been told some of the officers had their families with them and it made me think... well there had to be children here also. Up to now I hadn't heard of the children being mentioned in any of the tales of the fort or the town down on the flat. As I was backing up the photos I had taken I remembered thinking of the children when I took this photo and thought this photo needs a child.
Back in October I had gone to the Living History Days At the fort and had a photograph of a little girl dressed in period costume and decided to she was the one. With a little digital trickery I was able to get the effect I was looking for.
In doing so I sincerely hope that this photo will be seen by descendants of these outpost fort children and they will contact me with stories past down through their families.

This Photo was taken many years ago in 1984 when I had a minimum wage job, two children and a wife at home. Needless to say I did a little hunting. I had tracked and stalked this one for about two weeks, found his patterns and paths and the time of day he would be in different areas. This cool September day I put some meat on the table. I was 29 years old fixing to be the big 30.