Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Colorado, U.S.A.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado, U.S.A.
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Colorado Experience: Bent's Fort
During the height of the Fur Trade, Bent's Fort established itself as one of the most important trading posts in the West - an area which remained largely unexplored by the then -young-and-growing United States. Located along the Arkansas River, Bent's Fort lay only a few yards from what was then Mexico. As the only major permanent settlement along the Santa Fe Trail, it served as a hub of commercial and cultural exchange for Cheyenne and Arapahoe Plains Indians and American trappers, and a stopping point for the US Army, explorers and settlers. Bent's Fort's prominence was short-lived, however; a cholera epidemic devastated the Indian population and caused founder William Bent to abandon the fort in 1849. Salvaging what they could and burning the remainder, Bent's New Fort was built in 1852 in Big Timbers. This episode of Colorado Experience takes you to the original site of Bent's Old Fort, now a National Historic Landmark, where state historians recreate what it was like to visit this castle on the plains.
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BENT'S OLD FORT - LA JUNTA, COLORADO
Bent's Old Fort is an 1833 fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, United States. A company owned by Charles 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 under mysterious circumstances 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 and is open to the public.
A complete tour of Bents Old Fort National Historic Site in southern Colorado
The National Park Service describes Bents Old Fort like this; Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail where traders, trappers, travelers, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes came together in peaceful terms for trade. Today, living historians recreate the sights, sounds, and smells of the past with guided tours, demonstrations and special events.
Bents Old Fort is located along the banks of the Arkansas River near La Junta, Colorado in the south-central part of the state.
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Bents Old Fort
I'll take you on a tour of Bent's Old Fort near La Junta, CO, a trading post engaged in the buffalo robe trade.
Bent's Old Fort
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail where traders, trappers, travelers, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes came together in peaceful terms for trade. Today, living historians recreate the sights, sounds, and smells of the past with guided tours, demonstrations and special events.
A journal discussion about Susan Shelby Magoffin at Bent's Old Fort in Colorado
Susan Shelby Magoffin was the wife of a trader from the United States who traveled on the Santa Fe Trail in the late 1840s. The diary in which she recorded her experiences has been used extensively as a source for histories of the time.
The National Park Service describes Bents Old Fort like this; Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail where traders, trappers, travelers, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes came together in peaceful terms for trade. Today, living historians recreate the sights, sounds, and smells of the past with guided tours, demonstrations and special events.
Bents Old Fort is located along the banks of the Arkansas River near La Junta, Colorado in the south-central part of the state.
Here's my personal webpage about history:
Here's my page about travel:
Here's my page about Colorado:
04-07-2019
Travel the Santa Fe National Historic Trail at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Colorado
Visit this reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the Santa Fe Trail where trappers, travelers, and Plains Indian tribes came together in peaceful terms for trade.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
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Bent's Old Fort is an 1833 fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, United States.William and Charles Bent 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 under mysterious circumstances in 1849.
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Bent's Old Fort - La Junta, Colorado │ DJI Phantom 2 & H3-3D Gimbal
Taken last August, this is the second proper outing for the Phantom 2 (even before Custer State Park), and I think it shows. The gimbal isn't calibrated properly, so the horizon is crooked. On the ground, camera stabilizers aren't balanced properly, so things are a little jerky and less than horizontal in places.
It's basically a lesson in what not to do... ;-)
Nevertheless, I've been asked to put something together about Bent's Old Fort, or the 'Castle of the Plains', as it is colloquially known. So here it is... If only everything had cooperated like that Peacock.
For those of you into your history, you can find out more about the 'Fort', which actually started its life as nothing more than a fortified trading post along the Mexican border, through the link below:
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Traders, Tribes, & Travelers: The story of Bent's Old Fort
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Bents Old Fort | Colorado Stock Footage
Stock footage of Bent's Old Fort in Colorado also known as Castle of the Plains.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail where traders, trappers, travelers, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes came together in peaceful terms for trade. Today, living historians recreate the sights, sounds, and smells of the past with guided tours, demonstrations and special events.
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The Doctor of Bent's Fort in the 1840s
Location! Location! On the Santa Fe Trail at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
The landscape surrounding Bent's Old Fort provided plenty of resources that allowed people to survive. Find out why this location suited settlers and travelers in the 1800s.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Colorado Experience: Bent's Fort Sneak Peek
During the height of the Fur Trade, Bent's Fort was a great western hub of commercial and cultural exchange.
Colorado Experience: Bent's Fort will premiere on May 30, 2013 at 7PM on Rocky Mountain PBS.
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Bent's Old Fort
To my friends: Remember 2015 Nationale Fur Symposium & Bent's Old Fort. Next 2018 Fur Symposium will be held at Fort Mandan and Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. Want to see North Dakota? Let's go!
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We had a great time learning about William Bent and his trading fort.
To celebrate their 100th anniversary, the admissions to view the fort are FREE!
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scenes at Bent's Fort during reenactment of 19th Century rendevous.
Castle On The Plain- 1977
1977 Visitor orientation film Bent's Old Fort