Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
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Address | 35110 CO-194, La Junta, CO 81050, USA |
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Opened | 1833 |
Hours | Closed ⋅ Opens 9AM |
Visitation | 28,131 (2009) |
Architects | Charles Bent |
William Bent | |
Did you know | Fort Saint Vrain (also called Fort George), built about 1837 near present-day Greeley, Colorado at the confluence of the South Platte River and St. Vrain Creek. |
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ID | 1073633 |
About Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
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.
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