Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site


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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