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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

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Address35110 CO-194, La Junta, CO 81050, USA
Opened 1833
Hours Closed ⋅ Opens 9AM
Visitation28,131 (2009)
Architects Charles Bent
William Bent
Did you knowFort Saint Vrain (also called Fort George), built about 1837 near present-day Greeley, Colorado at the confluence of the South Platte River and St. Vrain Creek.
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ID1073633
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About Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site


Bent's Old Fort is an 1833 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 to trade with Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians and trappers for buffalo robes.

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