The old Bella Vista Stables barn in photos

by cleaverb

  Photographs of the Bella Vista Riding Stables, which was torn down in 2006 to make way for Bella Vista Elementary School, the 1st school built in Bella Vista.. This stables was a part of the old Knot's farm and was a part of Bella Vista from the early days, serving as a riding stables during the Keith and Cooper years. I drove by here daily;and just rolled down the window and snapped pictures.

When I first moved to BV,the barn was freshly painted,and the maintenance was good. By the time these photos were taken, 2004 2006, the horses and barn were virtually lost already.

A few years earlier, around 2000, someone had stolen $5,000 worth of saddles,effectively putting the stable out of business.

It was a tolerable distraction, for the occasional horse wandering along outside the fence. And from time to time, they would block the road and transfer the horses to the pasture across the road,which is now a soccer (football) park.

For $20 an hour, you could explore the hills behind the barn,and around the Blowing Springs Park.








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