Bent’s Old Fort - La Junta, Colorado Posted by: Big B Bob N 38°
02.436 W 103° 25.776 13S E 637805 N 4211483 Quick Description:
Even it's namesake could not permanently destroy this great old
fort. Location: Colorado, United States Date Posted: 6/13/2009
8:34:01 PM Waymark Code: WM6K8R From Wikipedia: (visit link
Bent's Old Fort is an 1833 fort located in Otero County,
Colorado, USA. William and Charles Bent, along with 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 permanent
white 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. For much of the 20th
century there have been two main opposing