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Bent's Old Fort on the Santa Fe
Bent's Old Fort, located along the Santa Fe Trail on the banks of Colorado's Arkansas River is now a National Historic site, reconstructed as it appeared in 1833.
bent's old fort • santa fe trail • mountain men • indian traders • william and charles bent
Bent's Old Fort, located along the Santa Fe Trail on the banks of Colorado's Arkansas River is now a National Historic site, reconstructed as it appeared in 1833.
bent's old fort • santa fe trail • mountain men • indian traders • william and charles bent
The Santa Fe Trail (Part 1)
The Santa Fe Trail was a major road of commerce between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and "the rest of the world," which ended in Missouri. William Becknell is usually credited with giving birth to the Santa Fe Trail.
santa fe trail • santa fe • new mexico • cimarron • mary dodson donoho
The Santa Fe Trail was a major road of commerce between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and "the rest of the world," which ended in Missouri. William Becknell is usually credited with giving birth to the Santa Fe Trail.
santa fe trail • santa fe • new mexico • cimarron • mary dodson donoho
Bents Fort, Colorado, part 1
Bent’s Fort, established in 1833, by William Bent was located on the north side of the Arkansas River in present-day Colorado along the Santa Fe Trail. This branch of the Trail crossed the river near where present-day La Junta, Colorado is located.
bent’s • fort • william • carson • charles
Bent’s Fort, established in 1833, by William Bent was located on the north side of the Arkansas River in present-day Colorado along the Santa Fe Trail. This branch of the Trail crossed the river near where present-day La Junta, Colorado is located.
bent’s • fort • william • carson • charles
KIT CARSON: The Runaway Boy
In 1826, when Kit Carson was sixteen years old, he ran away from his home and job as a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri. Kit was small for his age but he knew he wanted to be a Mountain Man. He had become acquainted with Charles Bent and Ceran St. Vrain who were fitting out an enormous wagon train filled with trade goods to take to Santa Fe. After Kit talked Bent into hiring him he was on his way to Santa Fe, and would later become one of the noted Mountain Men in the fur trade.
kit carson • franklin • missouri • santa fe • charles bent
In 1826, when Kit Carson was sixteen years old, he ran away from his home and job as a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri. Kit was small for his age but he knew he wanted to be a Mountain Man. He had become acquainted with Charles Bent and Ceran St. Vrain who were fitting out an enormous wagon train filled with trade goods to take to Santa Fe. After Kit talked Bent into hiring him he was on his way to Santa Fe, and would later become one of the noted Mountain Men in the fur trade.
kit carson • franklin • missouri • santa fe • charles bent
Taos, New Mexico
The oldest town in the United States has plenty to see and do for those interested in Southwestern history, art, and more.
taos • taos new mexico • southwestern culture • driving directions to taos • history of taos
The oldest town in the United States has plenty to see and do for those interested in Southwestern history, art, and more.
taos • taos new mexico • southwestern culture • driving directions to taos • history of taos
Best Art & History Museums in Taos
Like Santa Fe, Taos, New Mexico is full of art and history, from Native American pottery to works by the Taos Society of Artists to the home of frontiersman Kit Carson.
taos art gallery • taos museums and galleries • taos society of artists • taos new mexico historic sites • kit carson home and museum
Like Santa Fe, Taos, New Mexico is full of art and history, from Native American pottery to works by the Taos Society of Artists to the home of frontiersman Kit Carson.
taos art gallery • taos museums and galleries • taos society of artists • taos new mexico historic sites • kit carson home and museum
Bent’s Fort, Colorado, part 2
The construction of Bent’s Fort took the form of a parallelogram, with the northern and southern sides being about 150 feet long. The eastern and western sides measured about 100 feet in length. The walls of this adobe fort were six or seven feet thick at the base and rose to between seventeen and eighteen feet high.
bent’s fort • colorado • william • charles • adobies
The construction of Bent’s Fort took the form of a parallelogram, with the northern and southern sides being about 150 feet long. The eastern and western sides measured about 100 feet in length. The walls of this adobe fort were six or seven feet thick at the base and rose to between seventeen and eighteen feet high.
bent’s fort • colorado • william • charles • adobies
Bent’s Fort, Colorado, part 3
Bent had a partner in his fort and trading concern, Ceran St. Vrain. Ceran was also of a family well known in the history of St. Louis. The partnership of Bent and St. Vrain was the name of one of the most important of the fur trading firms. It ranked next to the American Fur Company in the amount of business that it transacted in the period about 1840.
bent’s fort • colorado • william • charles • ceran st. vrain
Bent had a partner in his fort and trading concern, Ceran St. Vrain. Ceran was also of a family well known in the history of St. Louis. The partnership of Bent and St. Vrain was the name of one of the most important of the fur trading firms. It ranked next to the American Fur Company in the amount of business that it transacted in the period about 1840.
bent’s fort • colorado • william • charles • ceran st. vrain
Confederate Blue in the American West: The Galvanized Yankees, Part V
The spring of 1865 witnessed the end of the Civil War, and the mustering out of numerous regiments of Union troops. It also marked a beginning for the final two regiments of Galvanized Yankees, including two of the most unusual companies ever to don Yankee Blue.
galvanized yankees • 5th u.s. volunteers • u.s. volunteers • civil war • american civil war
The spring of 1865 witnessed the end of the Civil War, and the mustering out of numerous regiments of Union troops. It also marked a beginning for the final two regiments of Galvanized Yankees, including two of the most unusual companies ever to don Yankee Blue.
galvanized yankees • 5th u.s. volunteers • u.s. volunteers • civil war • american civil war
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