The
squad room in the dragoon barracks and the parlor and dining room in
the officer's quarters are associated with this station. The officers
and their wives would entertain guests in the dining room and the parlor.
The squad room in the barracks would be a place where the men read by
feeble candlelight, played checkers on homemade checkerboards, or amused
themselves with other games such as euchre, seven-up, forty-five and
poker, at which the stakes were dried beans instead of money.
Other areas of the fort where leisure activities would have been pursued
were the prairie and the backyards of the officers' quarters. Hunting
and horseback riding would have taken place in the prairie away from
the fort, while the backyards were used for outdoor games and socials.
