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Location: Otero County, Colorado, United States: Nearest city: La Junta, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 799 acres (3.23 km 2) [2]: Built: 1833: Architect: William Bent; Charles Bent: Visitation: 28,131 (2009) [3]: Website: Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site: NRHP reference No.: 66000254: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966 [4]: Designated NHL: June 3, 1960: Designated NHS ...
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 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 Gantt Las Animas: Bent: 1832 1834 Trading post No remains [4] Fort Cass: Pueblo area Pueblo 1834 1835 Trading post No remains [4] Fort Convenience: Welby area Adams: 1834 1835 Trading post No remains [4] Bent's Old Fort: Fort William [a] La Junta area Otero: 1834 1849 Trading post National Historic Site and museum [4] Fort Le Duc: 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.
Dick was enslaved by Charles and his brother Andrew served William Bent. [7] Dick and Andrew handled maintenance and chores at the fort, and the Greens and Owl Woman, William Bent's wife, may have been managers of the fort. [2] The men may have been butlers at large affairs, [4] and Dick was likely a blacksmith. [5]
With nine historic buildings, the fort survives as one of the best-preserved examples of Indian Wars-period forts. Most of the buildings, including the barracks, commissary, and officers quarters, are furnished to their original appearance. Fort Larned National Historic Site is open daily, year-round, and admission is free.
James William Abert, Bent's Fort, 1848. 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 ...