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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

  • Address: 35110 Hwy. 194, La Junta, CO | Map It
  • Phone: 719/383-5010

Fodor's Review:

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, 8 mi east of La Junta, is a perfect example of a living museum, with its painstaking re-creation of the original adobe fort. Founded in 1833 by savvy trader William Bent, one of the region's historical giants, the fort anchored the commercially vital Santa Fe Trail, providing both protection and a meeting place for the soldiers, trappers, and traders of the era. The museum's interior reveals daily life at a trading post, with recreations of a smithy, soldiers' and trappers' barracks, and more.

  • Cost: $3
  • Open: June-Aug., daily 8-5:30; Sept.-May, daily 9-4
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