Bent's Fort /

Bent's Fort was a landmark of the American frontier, a huge private fort on the upper Arkansas River in present southeastern Colorado. Established by the adventurers Charles and William Bent, it stood until 1849 as the center of the Indian trade of the central plains. David Lavender's chro...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Lavender, David, 1910-2003 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1972]
Series:	Bison book.
Subjects:	Bent's Fort (Colo.) Frontier and pioneer life > Colorado. Bent's Fort (Col. : Poste de traite) Frontier and pioneer life. Colorado. Colorado > Bent's Fort. Nonfiction.