Visitors are boarding the wagon for a ride over to the river and through the woods.
December 5 – 6: HolidayCelebration Witness for yourself the joys, pleasures and pastimes of the 1840s at an isolated trading post. The spirit of the season comes alive with wagon rides, games, toy making and other holiday festivities. The event begins Friday evening December 5 with candlelight tours of the fort and continues all through Saturday, December 6 culminating with another evening of candlelight tours. For reservations for the evening tours, phone (719) 383-5026 afterOctober 16, 2008. Click here for a schedule of the event.
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Topographical Engineers survey the Santa Fe Trail.
June 6 – 7, 2009: Living History Encampment Visit the 1840s with teachers, students and living history volunteers and staff perfecting their 19th century skills. The encampment, which begins June 4, trains participants in presenting living history to the public. Event is open for the public to view ongoing demonstrations on Saturday through noon Sunday, June 6-7. Pre-registration by application is required for the full encampment (participation is limited). For information, call (719) 383-5023.
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Blacksmith shop fun
July 11: Kid's Quarters Seven to eleven year-old children are invited to "step back in time" and experience the life of a trapper, trader, laborer, craftsman, Indian, or soldier. The program emphasizes the historic values of Bent's Old Fort, cultural relationships and work performed in frontier western America. Pre-registration by application is required.
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A trapper tell a story of his escape from a grizzly bear.
October 10 – 11: Fur Trade Encampment The park’s main living history event again takes place in the fall, and this year celebrates the traders, trappers and tribes furn trading at Bent's Fort. Their camps, set up near the fort, will be open for touring. All together over 50 living history volunteers bring the post back to life during this major event! A schedule of the event and a flyer for the free Saturday night Fandango (dance) is available. For more information, call (719) 383-5023.
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Did You Know?
Bent's Fort was on the boundary with Mexico in the 1830s and 1840s. It was 600 miles from the nearest town in Missouri.
