Saddle Up, True Believers!

Denver traces its heritage back to the early 1830s, when fur trader Louis Vasquez opened a trading post named Fort Convenience near the confluence of Clear Creek and the South Platte River (in North Denver). Forty years ago, famed restaurateur and cookbook author Sam Arnold followed the fur trade tradition by opening The Fort, an award-winning restaurant and Western cultural center located in Morrison, 20 minutes from downtown Denver. Arnold loved the architecture of Bent’s Old Fort—a Nat