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INTERIOR OF BENT'S FORT ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL
MODEL IN COLORA DO STATE MUSEUM, DENVER
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BENT'S FORT, MOST IMPORTANT FUR TRADE POST OF
THE SOUTHWEST, WAS COMPLETED BY BENT AND ST VRAIN
IN 1832. LOCATED ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER, NEAR PRESENT
LOOPHOLES FOR MUSKETRY AND CANNON.
WITHIN
FORT AND BACKED AGAINST THE OUTER WALL WERE LOW
ROOMS USED FOR WAREHOUSES AND LIVING QUARTERS.
LA JUNTA, COLORADO, IT RECEIVED BEAVER SKINS FROM
LIFE ABOUT THE FORT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO WAS PIC-
THE MOUNTAINS, BUFFALO ROBES FROM THE PLAINS. AND
TURESQUE,
BRONZED AND BEARDED TRAPPERS IN FRINGED
PARTICIPATED IN THE CARAVAN TRAFFIC OVER THE SANTA
BUCKSKIN SUITS, WITH INDIAN WIVES IN BEADED DEER-
SKIN MADE THIS THEIR HOME. MEXICAN MESTIZOS, FRENCH
CANADIANS AND PARTIES OF ARAPAHOES AND CHEYENNES
FE TRAIL.
THE FORT WAS BUILT OF LARGE GRAY ADOBES, WITH
WALLS T WO TO FOUR FEET THICK AND FIFTEEN FEET HIGH.
CAME HERE TO TRADE. THE MINIATURE MODEL PICTURED
BASTIONS PROJECTING FROM TWO DIAGONAL CORNERS HAD
HERE SHOWS THE FORT IN THE 1840s.
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