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BizBeat: The origins of The Fort Restaurant in Morrison is a modern settler’s tale BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Pictured here is Sam Arnold, founder of The Fort Restaurant and father of current owner Holly Arnold Kinney. Arnold ran a successful advertising and marketing business before creating The Fort. He used those skills to grow the restaurant’s reputation over the years. COURTESY THE FORT
Holly Arnold Kinney owns The Fort Restaurant and is the executive director of the Tesoro Cultural Center’s board. Today, the restaurant and cultural center are known as a hub for Western history and for preserving the art of Native American artisans through its annual Powwow and Indian Market. According to Kinney, The Fort is a replica of the original Bent’s Fort, which was was an adobe castle on the plains in 1833. It was operational from 1833 to 1849, she said. However, 62 years ago, the property was a spot of dirt with a marker and a story that intrigued Elizabeth “Bay” Arnold, Holly’s mother. Kinney said her father, Sam, was an advertising executive and a Yale graduate who had a successful early career. Bay, Kinney’s mom, was a young graphic designer from Georgia. The couple eloped and moved West.
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