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    Bent's Old Fort is a fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, United States. A company owned by Charles Bent and William Bent and Ceran...
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    Bent's New Fort was a historic fort and trading post along the banks of the Arkansas River in what is now Bent County, Colorado, about nine miles west...
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    there. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Fort Reynolds (Colorado) There are some sources that state that the government bought the fort. That is...
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    popular stopping-point for migrants on the Oregon Trail. Along with Bent's Fort on the Arkansas River, the trading post and its supporting industries...
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    the National Register of Historic Places. The site is marked as the "Bent and Ward Houses". Bent's Old Fort has been reconstructed by the National Park...
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  • in Canada Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, frontier trading post, in La Junta, Colorado Bent (play), a 1979 play by Martin Sherman Bent (1997 film)...
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    County Historic Places Oregon-California Trails Association Pawnee Rock Related National Park Units Fort Larned National Historic Site Bent's Old Fort National...
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    2021. "Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site". National Park Service. Retrieved October 11, 2021. "Boston African American National Historic Site". National...
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    Charlotte and Dick Green (category African Americans in the American Old West)
    worked at Bent's Fort. It is likely that besides Beckwourth and the Greens, other African Americans worked at the fort as well. Bent's Fort, a trading...
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    Fort Larned National Historic Site preserves Fort Larned which operated from 1859 to 1878. It is approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Larned, Kansas...
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    established as part of the National Park Service on February 15, 2024, the third National Historic Site in Colorado after Bent's Old Fort and the Sand Creek Massacre...
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    George died at Bent's Fort (1846 and 1841, respectively). Charles Bent owned Charlotte and Dick Green, who worked at Bent's Fort. William Bent freed the couple...
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    Colfax County Historic Places Pawnee Rock Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Fort Larned National Historic Site Fort Union National Monument Santa...
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    cooler weather in September and into October each year. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, an important trading post along the Santa Fe Trail, is...
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    remarkable true story of George Bent. Da Capo Press. p. 62ISBN 0-306-81320-3 Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site General Management Plan (GMP), Development...
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    to Bent's fort. Charlotte, who Simmons claims was also Charles and William's slave, left the fort with her husband. A view inside Bent's Old Fort A view...
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    1950) The three National Historic Sites within Colorado are: Amache National Historic Site near Granada Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta...
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  • a National Historic Landmark at elevation 7,834 feet (2,388 m). The byway visits Amache National Historic Site and Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site...
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  • Will Rogers State Historic Park, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles Colorado Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Otero County Fort Uncompahgre Living...
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  • Greeley, the Pawnee National Grasslands, Denver, Central City, Orchard, Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site and the Rocky Mountain National Park. Several...
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    Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Comanche National Grassland Santa Fe National Historic Trail American Discovery Trail Santa Fe Trail National Scenic...
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    federal areas include Curecanti National Recreation Area and Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site; as well as the national forests of San Isabel, San Juan...
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  • of Santa Cruz de Rosales Army of Occupation (Mexico) Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Fort Marcy (New Mexico) John Strother Griffin, physician with...
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    full-size replica of a Red River cart,[citation needed] as does Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site in La Junta, Colorado.[citation needed] The Faculty of Native...
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    List of forts in Colorado List of ghost towns in Colorado List of National Register of Historic Places in Colorado List of bridges on the National Register...
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    Las Animas, Colorado (category Cities in Bent County, Colorado)
    municipalities Colorado counties Bent County, Colorado Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Santa Fe National Historic Trail "Active Colorado Municipalities"...
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    U.S. Route 50 in Colorado (category Transportation in Bent County, Colorado)
    and La Junta. Just beyond La Junta, the highway passes Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site where travelers can find information about life on the plains...
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    Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. As...
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    unrelated. There are 63 national historical parks. Authorized national historical parks There are 85 national historic sites, of which 75 are NPS units...
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    National Park, UT (Ute) Cape Krusenstern National Monument, AK (Inupiaq and the St. Lawrence Island Yupik People) Fort Laramie National Historic Site...
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