Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
Experience the Holidays at Bent’s Old Fort
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesThe 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 […]
The Second Life of Bent’s Old Fort
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesFriday, 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 StatesEnjoy 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.
Evening Candlelight Tours
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesThe 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, […]
Veterans Day Military Timeline
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesBent’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 […]
Labor Day Event: War and Calamity
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesCome 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 […]
Santa Fe Trail Bicentennial Symposium
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United States
American Solar Car Challenge
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesThe American Solar Car Challenge https://www.americansolarchallenge.org/.../2021-american... will be in La Junta, CO on Wednesday August 4 and 5th, at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site. Folks who love cars, have kids, enjoy solar car technology, or seeing the hand built solar cars, have a once in a lifetime chance to see the solar cars up […]
Old-Fashioned Fourth
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesEnjoy 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. The public is invited to join the inhabitants of Bent’s Old Fort on Saturday, July 4 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm to celebrate American Independence during the 2020 Old-Fashioned 4th […]
Traditional Holiday Celebration
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesWitness the holiday pleasures and pastimes of the 1840s at an isolated trading post. Period games, foods, and festivities will enliven the fort. Reservations needed for the evening candlelight tours, phone (719) 383-5026 starting November 1, 2019.