Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
402 Santa Fe Avenue
La Junta, CO 81050-2300
Phone: 719-383-5010
The fort, now completely reconstructed on its original site north of the Arkansas River, was an important fur trading post in the 1833-49 period, where Indians and trappers exchanged furs for trade goods.
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