Colorado Experience
Bent's Fort
Season 1 Episode 112 | 28m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Bent’s Fort was a great western hub of commercial and cultural exchange.
During the height of the Fur Trade, Bent’s Fort established itself as one of the most important trading posts in the West. As the only major permanent settlement along the Sante Fe Trail, it served as a hub of commercial and cultural exchange for Cheyenne and Arapahoe Plains Indians and American trappers, and a stopping point for the US Army, explorers and settlers.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado Experience
Bent's Fort
Season 1 Episode 112 | 28m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
During the height of the Fur Trade, Bent’s Fort established itself as one of the most important trading posts in the West. As the only major permanent settlement along the Sante Fe Trail, it served as a hub of commercial and cultural exchange for Cheyenne and Arapahoe Plains Indians and American trappers, and a stopping point for the US Army, explorers and settlers.
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