Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail where traders, trappers, travelers, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes came together in peaceful terms for trade. Today, living historians recreate the sights, sounds, and smells of the past with guided tours, demonstrations and special events.
Castle of the Plains
Narration provided on theSouthwest Chief
Volunteers narrate excursions aboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief departing La Junta, CO for overnight trips to Albuquerque, MN.
Hispanic Heritage Day
Mexican laborers were herders, wranglers, adobe repairers, gardeners, teamsters, cooks and horse guards for the Bent and St.Vrain Company
Old Fashioned Fourth of July Activiities
Period games, parade, speeches, and cannon firings keep things exciting. The 4th was one of the few days celebrated in the 1840s.
Trade Starts With A Secure Adobe Fort
The fort was like a merchant ship on the ocean. Valuable furs and goods could attract piracy. Battlements give the company staying power.