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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.
Bent's Fort is featured briefly in Larry McMurty's 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, as well as in the 1989 Emmy Award-winning four-part TV miniseries adapted from the book. [citation needed] Bent's Fort in the spring of 1834 is a major setting for Terry Johnston's 1988 novel One-Eyed Dream.
The Army facility was initially named Fort Flaunteroy, then Fort Wise, and then Fort Lyon. The Bent's Fort, Colorado Territory, post office operated from June 4, 1863, until December 2, 1873. [15] The Army was located at the fort until 1867 when it moved to the new Fort Lyon fort following flooding of the Arkansas River. The site was not used ...
Fort Independence Pueblo Pueblo 1846 1847 Mormon homes No remains [7] Fort Massachusetts: Fort Garland: Costilla: 1852 1858 U.S. Army fort Archaeological site [7] Bent's New Fort: See Fort Lyon 1 Lamar area Bent: 1853 1860 Trading post Foundation remains [7] Fort Garland: Fort Garland Costilla 1858 1883 U.S. Army fort Reconstructed [7] Fort Namaqua
This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary.
Bent's Fort, established along the Santa Fe Trail in 1833, was visited by Native Americans, the Spanish, and the French, among others. Enslaved people sometimes accompanied the visitors. [7] William Bent had three African American enslaved people, Charlotte and Dick Green and Andrew Green. The men handled maintenance and chores at the fort.
During the Cheyenne's winter visit to Big Timbers, Bent accompanied his family with goods for trading. [6] At Big Timbers, Bent lived in accordance with Cheyenne customs which was a more casual, unstructured way of life. His life at Bent's Fort was somewhat structured with William having a leadership role. [10] Such was the rhythm of village life.
Fort Saint Vrain was an 1837 fur trading post built by the Bent, St. Vrain Company, and located at the confluence of Saint Vrain Creek and the South Platte River, about 20 miles (32 km) east of the Rocky Mountains in the unorganized territory of the United States, in present-day Weld County, Colorado.