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Old-Fashioned Fourth

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

Enjoy an afternoon of patriotic festivities including a visitor included parade, cannon firings, orations, games, and refreshments as the post celebrates Independence Day in 1840s-style.

$5

Experience the Holidays at Bent’s Old Fort

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

The sights, sounds, and smells of what the Holiday Season may have been like at Bent’s Old Fort in the 1830s and 1840s will be on full display for park visitors to enjoy on Saturday, December 2. There will be ongoing programs throughout the day where visitors can listen to a reading of “A Christmas […]

Event Series The Second Life of Bent’s Old Fort

The Second Life of Bent’s Old Fort

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

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: […]

Event Series The Second Life of Bent’s Old Fort

The Second Life of Bent’s Old Fort

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

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: […]

Old-Fashioned Fourth

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

Enjoy an afternoon of patriotic festivities including a visitor included parade, cannon firings, orations, games, and refreshments as the post celebrates Independence Day in 1840s-style.

$5

Event Series Evening Candlelight Tours

Evening Candlelight Tours

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

The annual Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Evening Candlelight Tours will be presented on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3 this year. The 90-minute Evening Candlelight Tours provide guests the opportunity to see the fort at night with plenty of living history staff dressed in period clothing. The event includes bonfires, music, cider, […]

Event Series Evening Candlelight Tours

Evening Candlelight Tours

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

The annual Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Evening Candlelight Tours will be presented on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3 this year. The 90-minute Evening Candlelight Tours provide guests the opportunity to see the fort at night with plenty of living history staff dressed in period clothing. The event includes bonfires, music, cider, […]

Event Series Veterans Day Military Timeline

Veterans Day Military Timeline

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

Bent’s Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, and other Plains Nations who traded buffalo robes and livestock for the manufactured and commercial goods available at the fort. Bent’s Fort was never occupied […]

Event Series Veterans Day Military Timeline

Veterans Day Military Timeline

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

Bent’s Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, and other Plains Nations who traded buffalo robes and livestock for the manufactured and commercial goods available at the fort. Bent’s Fort was never occupied […]

Event Series Labor Day Event: War and Calamity

Labor Day Event: War and Calamity

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States

Come join us for this chance to attend an event at one of the premier living history locations in the entire country. Over the course of the weekend, you will see the recreated adobe fort, smell period foods such as buffalo tongue and ribs being cooked, see how people lived, and get the chance to […]