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From El Pueblo, also called Fort Pueblo, there are two routes. [1] [a] One is east to Bent's Old Fort, the trading post historical site is along the Arkansas River, and the trail follows Highway 50 and the Arkansas River from Pueblo. [9] Another route is from El Pueblo to Taos which is called the Taos Trail. [10]
The Santa Fe Trail, opened in 1821, generally followed old routes established by Native Americans, and then used by Spanish, Mexican, and American frontier men.Along with the El Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail was part of a trade network linking Europe, New York, and St. Louis with Mexico City for well-armed and organized caravans.
Bent's Old Fort is a 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 in 1833 to trade with Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians and trappers for buffalo robes.
The Cherokee Trail and Trapper's Trail, also called the Taos Trail, were nearby trading routes. [3] The fort was believed to have looked like the Mexican Ranch by Colonel Henry Inman, published in The Old Santa Fe Trail, 1897 [7] The fort was about 200 x 200 feet, with an entrance on the east side and bastions on the corners.
Bent's New Fort was a historic fort and trading post along the banks of the Arkansas River in what is now Bent County, Colorado, about nine miles west of Lamar, [3] [4] on the Mountain Route branch of the Santa Fe Trail. [5]
Bent's Old Fort has been reconstructed by the National Park Service in the 1970s and is operated as an historic destination, with events to interpret its history. Scott Brady , known for his syndicated western television series Shotgun Slade portrayed William Bent in a 1957 episode, "The Lone Woman" of the CBS anthology series, Playhouse 90 .
The byway follows the Santa Fe National Historic Trail through southeastern Colorado and connects to the 381-mile (613 km) Santa Fe Trail Scenic Byway in New Mexico at Raton Pass, a National Historic Landmark at elevation 7,834 feet (2,388 m).
Bozeman Trail from Virginia City, Montana, to central Wyoming; California Road established 1849, from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to California; California Trail from Missouri to California. Carolina Road from Roanoke, Virginia, on the Great Wagon Road through the Piedmont to Augusta, Georgia. Cherokee Trail along the Arkansas River from Indian ...