Camp Ford - Early Days as a Prison Camp

During the winter of 1863-64 the camp housed only about 170 prisoners, mostly officers. Life was generally

pleasant and the men were well treated. Prison crafts and endeavors flourished. Fairly substantial log cabins were

erected. Streets were laid out ...

Early Days

The town of Plains was founded in 1885. Milton Leander Hudson donated land for the town, including land for a depot for the new railroad line. The train depot is the oldest building in Plains, built 1888.

Originally Creek Indians inhabited ...

In The Early Days

the Town Square was a scrubby area strewn with rocks and sage-brush. Often, one would see elk bunched up with the town cows grazing in the square.In 1932, as part of a nation-wide movement to honor his 200th birthday, the ...