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	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site - News
		At Bents Old Fort National Historic Site, the National Park Service proposes to construct a new administrative office building separate from the reconstructed fort, provide additional staff parking at the maintenance area and realign the maintenance area access road, and rehabilitate the existing interpretive space in the reconstructed fort.
		Alternative B is the National Park Service’s proposed action alternative and presents a site plan and building design for the administration building, plus a rehabilitation plan for the fort.
		This action is needed to address issues of potential exposure to hantavirus, create administrative space separate from the reconstructed fort, and to provide upgraded visitor interpretive and educational services and opportunities.
	www.nps.gov /beol/pphtml/newsdetail6886.html (321 words)

	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta
		Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, located seven miles east of La Junta in Otero County, was a major stopping point on the Santa Fe Trail.
		The original fort was built in 1833 by William Bent and abandoned in 1849.
		It has been reconstructed and designated as a national historic site.
	planetware.com /.../bents-old-fort-national-historic-site-us-co-bof.htm (107 words)

	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Colorado
		Bent's Old Fort was built in 1833 by Charles and William Bent and Ceran St. Vrain, specifically to take advantage of its location on the north bank of the Arkansas River, on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail.
		So effective were the Bents as peacemakers among the Indians, that in 1846 the fort was used as headquarters for the Upper Platte and Arkansas Indian Agency.
		The Bents' reputation made their traders welcome in most Indian villages and drew growing numbers of Indians to the fort.
	www.sangres.com /np/bents.htm (462 words)

	Teaching
		Log Structures Workshop, Bents Old Fort National Historic Site.
		Masonry Restoration Workshop, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, PA. Conducted a 3-day "hands on" workshop in preservation and repair of historic brick masonry for a public works crew from the Philadelphia Navy Yard contracted by the Park to repoint the historic brick wall surrounding Independence Hall.
		Washington, DC and Williamsport, MD. Served as an instructor presenting a four-hour lecture session on historic masonry materials, six-hour "hands on" masonry repointing demonstration, and follow-up visits to course participant’s parks to consult on masonry preservation issues.
	www.quid-tum.com /teaching.htm (2169 words)

	National Park Service - Soldier and Brave (Bent's Old Fort)
		Bent's Old Fort, on the north bank of the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado, was one of the most significant outposts on the Santa Fe Trail and as the principal outpost of American civilization on the southwestern Plains was instrumental in shaping national destiny there.
		Early in the 1950's the State Historical Society of Colorado acquired Bent's Old Fort from the Colorado chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
		Among the earliest western fur traders were the brothers William and Charles Bent and Ceran St. Vrain, all of whom in the 1820's began to engage in the Mexican and Indian trade.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/soldier/sitea9.htm (1159 words)

	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Attractions
		Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstruction of a trading post from the early 1800s, one of the few white outposts along the Santa Fe Trail.
		Bent's Old Fort is located in southeastern Colorado along US 50.
		Visitors can take a guided tour of the fort, reconstructed from photos and diaries, or explore on their own.
	www.go-colorado.com /Bents-Old-Fort-National-Historic-Site (148 words)

	GORP - Bents Old Fort National Historic Site - Colorado
		The fort was abandoned in 1849-1850 by William Bent during an epidemic of cholera.
		The murder of Charles Bent at his Taos home in 1847 and St. Vrain's unsuccessful attempts to sell the fort to the U.S. Army also in 1847 may have set the stage for William Bent's abandonment.
		Owned by the partnership of Charles and William Bent and Ceran St. Vrain, the fort played a prominent role as a supply base for the expeditions of John Fremont and for American soldiers during the Mexican War.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nhp/co_bents.htm (541 words)

	Bents Old Fort on the Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway Mountian Branch
		Bent's Fort had its hey day from 1833 when it was built by the fur traders William and Charles Bent until 1848.
		Before the National Park Service acquired Bent's Old Fort in 1963 this was the entrance to the Fort ruins.
		Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site is located eight miles east of La Junta or thirteen miles west of Las Animas on Colorado Highway 194.
	www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org /bentof.html (1800 words)

	National Parks, Grasslands, Monuments, Wildlife Refuges, and Recreation Areas in the Southwest
		Pecos, NM Site of the Pecos Pueblo and Mission ruins.
		NM A crossroads in western New Mexico, El Morro is inscribed with many old messages, including some from the earliest European explorers in the New World.
		Also included in the Park is the Glorieta Battlefield site (from the Civil War) and the Forked Lightning Ranch.
	www.sangres.com /np (661 words)

	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Museum/Attraction Review La Junta Frommers.com
		Once the most important settlement on the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and New Mexico, Bent's Old Fort has been reconstructed as it was during its reign as a major trading post from 1833 to 1849.
		Located 7 miles east of modern La Junta, this adobe fort on the Arkansas River was built by brothers Charles and William Bent and partner Ceran St. Vrain.
		It's a quarter-mile walk on a paved path from the historic site's entry station to the fort itself, where hosts in period costume greet visitors during the summer.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/lajunta/A27555.html (339 words)

	bents old fort
		In 1975 the federal government began the authentic reconstruction of Bent's Old Fort on the Santa Fe Trail.
		Castle on the Plain uses "Bent Fort" as a jumping off place to expore all that went before.
		In July 1976, after laying a zillions bricks, the State of Colorado joined the National Park Service in dedicating the completed project.
	www.petroglyphtrail.com /page79.htm (144 words)

	Atevo Travel: Curecanti National Recreation Area - Introduction
		Morrow Point Lake is the beginning of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and below, Crystal Lake is the site of the Gunnison Diversion Tunnel, a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
		Recently discovered dinosaur fossils, a 5,000 acre archeological district, a narrow gauge train, and traces of 6,000 year old dwellings further enhance the offerings of Curecanti.
		Blue Mesa Lake is Colorado's largest body of water, and is the largest Kokanee Salmon fishery in the United States.
	images.atevo.com /guides/parks/item/0,3653,50,00.html (148 words)

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	America's Byways: Santa Fe Trail
		The Comanche National Grassland provides a unique window on the beauty of the Great Plains, a glimpse of what this land was like before the Dust Bowl.
		Produced in association with the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Commission.
		Wild grasses grow with abandon and the sun throws its golden reflection along the rolling prairie.
	www.rmpbs.org /byways/sft_credits.html (118 words)

	Atevo Travel: Great Sand Dunes National Monument - Essentials
		Great Sand Dunes National Monument is located 35 miles northeast of Alamosa, Colorado, reached by US Highway 160 and Colorado Highway 150 from the south; or from Colorado Highway 17 and County Six Mile Lane from the west.
		Camping fees: $8.00 per night; 6 people maximum per site; two vehicle limit per sight.
		Backcountry permits are required for backcountry camping and can be obtained at the visitor center.
	images.atevo.com /guides/parks/item/0,3653,-park=92-section=27,00.html (141 words)

	Listings Colorado: Parks
		The Mesa Verde Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Mesa Verde National Park, home of the Anasazi cliff dwellings, located in the four corners area of Southwest Colorado.
		Colorado National Monument: twenty-thousand acres of spectacular, steep-walled, red rock canyons in western Colorado.
		State and national parks camping, lodging, wilderness, directions, fees and permits.
	listingsus.com /Colorado/Travel/Parks/index.asp (600 words)

	The Coloradoan - www.coloradoan.com - Ft. Collins, CO.
		A replicate of an 1836 billiards table one of the Bents brought to the fort was one form of entertainment.
		With so many spectacular national parks and monuments in Colorado, it's easy to lose sight of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.
		The fort never served as a military fort, but it did sport cactus on top of its corrals to keep out intruders and two bastions to keep an eye on the prairie.
	www.coloradoan.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051023/ENTERTAINMENT06/510230303/1053 (661 words)

	Museums on the Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway Mountain Branch
		Rocky Ford Historical Museum is also known as the Carnegie Public Library, built in 1908, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
		The Rocky Ford Historical Museum takes a broad look at the areas history from 1878 to date, including its geology, archaeology, anthropology, ethnographic studies, industries, and everyday life.
		Included in the collection are documents and exhibits of the Arkansas Valley Fair and Watermelon Day (1878 to present), of the sugar and honey industries, and of the everyday life of the people.
	www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org /museums.html (1057 words)

	Schakes - Part 1a
		Silas Bent reported from St. Louis in 1812 that murder was openly committed in the streets of St. Louis and that the murderers went at large.
		Its site has long since been consumed by the Missouri River but was directly south of the present day town of Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, and about two miles east of the Schakes of La Charette farm.
		Twenty year old Walter Helman, a laborer living with the SCHAKES OF LA CHARETTE, was of this heritage as documented by the 1880 Charette Township census.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mowarren/schake/part1a.html (8167 words)

	COUNTRY TREASURES - La Junta, Colorado
		Just northeast of here is Bents Old Fort, a National Historic Site.
		The content of this web site is protected by copyright; any unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.
		Located on Hwy-50, 64 miles east of Pueblo, 56 miles west of Lamar, La Junta is surrounded by ranching, farming and small industry.
	www.ctreasures.com /lajunta.htm (136 words)

	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research
		BENT'S OLD FORT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE [Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site] see National Parks and Monuments (table).
		Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research
		Author not available, BENT'S OLD FORT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
	highbeam.com /doc/1E1:X-BentsOld/Bents+Old+Fort+National+Historic+... (58 words)

	Mark Gardner & Rex Rideout
		Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie, Wyoming
		has performed at countless historic sites and museums across the West.
		Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site, Lawson, Missouri
	www.songofthewest.com /wst_page2.html (523 words)

	Best Western Bents Fort Inn Hotel Las Animas
		We are 13 miles east of Bents Old Fort National Historic Site, three miles from Boggsville an 1860 settlement where Kit Carson lived, four miles from Ft. Lyon National Cemetery and 14 miles from John Martin State Park.
		Best Western Bents Fort Inn is a 38-room full service location situated on the Historic Santa Fe Trail.
		As a modern traveler, stop in, spend a night on the Trail, and let us introduce you to the cultures and the remarkable history of this part of the American west.
	www.big1-hotels.com /Colorado/Best-Western-Bent-s-Fort-Inn.htm (282 words)

	National Parks By State - Colorado
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	www.packyourgear.com /nationalparksdatabase2.aspx?state=Colorado (2442 words)

	Book Report
		Alexander Barcley Mountain Man From London Corsetier to Pioneer Farmer in Canada, Bookkeeper in St. Louis, Superintendent of Bent's Fort, Fur Trader and Mountain Man in Colorado and New Mexico,.
		Army Architecture in the West Forts Laramie, Bridger, and D.A. Russell, 1849-1912 Foreword by Paul Hedren.
		The Ohio Frontier Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830.
	www.oldwestbooks.com /h-m.html (14826 words)

	Photos of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
		Photos of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
		Adolph Wislizenus was a German-born doctor who took leave of his practice in Illinois to see the Rocky Mountains. He called the fort the "finest and largest.
		In an account of an earlier expedition, Fremont wrote of approaching the adobe post and being greeted with "repeated discharges from the guns of the fort."
	www.homestead.com /bentsoldfort/page009.html (92 words)

	American Discovery Trail: Colorado
		The ADT follows the general route of the Old Santa Fe Trail to La Junta and passes by Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.
		Entrance Rd for BENTS OLD FORT National Historic Site, http://bentsoldfort.homestead.com.
		Old Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker on E side of SH, continue S on US 287/US 385 (Main Street) in LA MAR 81052, pop 8841, (all services), cross RR Tracks
	www.discoverytrail.org /states/colorado/co_points1.html (935 words)

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	Yellowstone and Rocky Mountains Western Field Study
		And finally, we will identify historical events (and individuals) that significantly contributed to western expansion in the Rocky Mountain west.
		We will also learn how the natural resource management philosophy of the National Park Service differs from that of other federal agencies managing public lands.
		NREM 204—American Environmental History (3 credit hours) and NREM 402—Field Study (3 credit hours) will be offered this summer as a field course.
	www.bsu.edu /nrem/article/0,1371,-5574-9524,00.html (205 words)

	Site Map
		Big South Fork National River And Recreation Area
	www.mufu.com /recreation/site_map/index7.shtml (8 words)

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