The Second Life of Bent’s Old Fort

Friday, September 8

11:00 am     Driving the Stage – An interactive children’s program. Presented by Eric Smallwood, Kansas State Historical Society (In front of the fort)

1:00 pm       Rebels in Blue: Galvanized Yankees on the Santa Fe Trail. Presented by Ranger Bill Holcombe, Bent’s Old Fort NHS (In Wagon Shed)

2:30 pm       Bent’s Old Fort: From Buffalo Robes to Stagecoaches. Presented by Ranger Jake Koch, Bent’s Old Fort NHS (In Wagon Shed)

Saturday, September 9

9:00 am        Rebels in Blue: Galvanized Yankees on the Santa Fe Trail. Presented by Ranger Bill Holcombe, Bent’s Old Fort NHS (In Wagon Shed)

10:00 am        Bent’s Old Fort: From Buffalo Robes to Stagecoaches. Presented by Ranger Jake Koch, Bent’s Old Fort NHS (In Wagon Shed)

11:00 am        The Military on the Southern Plains in 1865. Presented by Dr. Bob Wettemann, US Air Force Academy (In Wagon Shed)

1:30pm           Investigating a Tragedy: A Living History Presentation. Facilitated by Ranger Jake Koch, Bent’s Old Fort Staff and Volunteers (In Fort Plaza)

3:00pm           The Sand Creek Massacre and Its Aftermath. Presented by Ranger Teri Jobe, Sand Creek Massacre NHS (In Wagon Shed)

The park’s fee of $10 per person aged 16 and up will apply. Kids 15 and under are free.   All National Park Passes are honored.  Fees will be collected at the fort entrance. 

Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site is located on Colorado Highway 194, eight miles east of La Junta or 15 miles west of Las Animas.   For more information, visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/beol and click on “Special Events” or email the park at BEOL_Interpretation@nps.gov