Our mission at Fort Hope is to provide a positive experience to local children in a frontier style environment. If you would like to support our vision you can help in two ways: You can volunteer your help and/or services at the fort. Or, you can provide a tax deductible donation to help us with our various projects. Any amount is a appreciated.
Send a check to:
Fort Hope Inc.
P.O. Box 132
Arroyo Grande, CA 93421
Our non-profit number is 55-0861220 if you need it for your records.
Bumper-to-bumper highway congestion isn't just a modern phenomena. Rush hour traffic on the Oregon-California trail was just as bad--probably worse.
The image of a lone wagon on the endless prairie is largely myth; it's more accurate to imagine a moving city. Many reported seeing wagons all the way to the horizon day after day.