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Bent’s Fort’s 50th Anniversary

by | May 15, 2010 | Inside History

Celebrating the “old” fort’s new beginning as a reconstructed site.
In 1833, the Bent brothers—Charles and William—along with partner Ceran St. Vrain were building a trading empire in the Southwest. The plan: to operate mercantile stores and trading posts in what is now Colorado and New Mexico. William Bent was tasked with finding a central post location, one between their company store in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and


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