Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
Bent’s Old Fort Traditional Holiday Celebration
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesTraditional Holiday Celebration - December 1-2, 2017 Witness the holiday pleasures and pastimes of the 1840s at an isolated trading post. Period games, foods, and festivities will enliven the fort. On Saturday there will be toy making in the shops, wagon rides, pinata breaks, yule log hunt, period games, frontier cooking, and blacksmithing. Reservations for […]
Fur Trade Encampment
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesFur Trade Encampment - October 7-8, 2017 The trading post comes to life as we celebrate the trappers, traders and tribes associated with the fur trade in the Southwest during the 1830s and 1840s. Fifty or more living history volunteers demonstrate 19th century skills at the fort and in camps set up along the Arkansas […]
Fur Trade Encampment
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 35110 Hwy 194, La Junta, CO, United StatesFur Trade Encampment - October 7-8, 2017 The trading post comes to life as we celebrate the trappers, traders and tribes associated with the fur trade in the Southwest during the 1830s and 1840s. Fifty or more living history volunteers demonstrate 19th century skills at the fort and in camps set up along the Arkansas […]