The Santa Fe Trail #1: Bents Old Fort, La Junta, CO
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2014
- The Santa Fe Trail was a 770- (or 825-) mile long, two-way, commercial road between Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico (part of Mexico until 1848). (In contrast, the Oregon Trail was a one-way immigrant road.) The Santa Fe Trail was active from 1821 to about 1871, made obsolete by the arrival of the railroad.
I'll take you on a video tour of Bent's Old Fort near La Junta, CO, a trading post engaged in the buffalo robe trade and an important stop on the Mountain Route of the Santa Fe Trail. The Mountain Route was longer and more difficult (because of mountains) than the shorter, southern Cimarron Route but considered safer (fewer Indians). The 825-mile Mountain Route was also called the Bent's Fort Route.
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This is a cool place to visit.
WELL DONE!! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!
You're welcome Glad you liked the video.
That's a cozy Fort
It is really nice, I think it looks like the one used one the Mini series Centennial. I think it is a good look at how life was in the west
It was a fascinating visit. Glad you appreciated the video.
Thank you for the excellent video.
It has everything: good photos, maps, and a lot of interesting info.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks.
thanks for the lesson
You're welcome!
Great history lesson. Thank-you
what movie was filmed at the fort? I think I saw it in a move a few years back?
That's what I thought also. Recognized it riight away. I think the movie starred Rod Taylor.
Many movies have been filmed here. My father has been in some of them as a trapper/mountain man. Dream west I believe was one in particular.
GREAT!
George Hyde, Life of George Bent.
..what the music?
Reconstructed!? Damn, not the real thing!
Beats looking at an overgrown patch of ground with a plaque with a line sketch. I've been there. Fantastic experience.
BENT'S OLD #FART