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Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado, September 7, 2011
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site2
Bent’s Old Fort is an 1833 fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, United States. A company owned by Charles Bent and William Bent and Ceran St. Vrain built the fort to trade with Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians and trappers for buffalo robes. For much of its 16-year history, the fort was the only major white American permanent settlement on the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and the Mexican settlements. It was destroyed in 1849.
The area of the fort was designated a National Historic Site under the National Park Service on June 3, 1960. It was further designated a National Historic Landmark later that year on December 19, 1960.
The fort was reconstructed in 1976 and is open to the public. The authenticity of the reconstruction authenticity is based on the use of archaeological excavations, paintings and original sketches, diaries and other existing historical data from the period. (read more)
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- Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site – Wikipedia
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