Boggsville Announces Return of Cemetery Tour May 26, 2023
BOGGSVILLE ANNOUNCES RETURN OF CEMETERY TOUR MAY 26, 2023 The Voices of the Passed Cemetery Tour returns to Boggsville Friday, May 26th, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Come join us and take a horse drawn wagon ride to come face to face with the heroes and sc...
Read More InfoBent Builds and Burns Massive Trading Post on the Santa Fe Trail
(Click This Link to Learn about the Author) BENT BUILDS AND BURNS MASSIVE TRADING POST ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL Remains of Bent’s Old Fort as a stagecoach station, sketch dated July 13, 1869. ** Image from private collection as reproduced in Be...
Read More InfoDissolving an Empire: Bent’s Old Fort in 1848
Dissolving an Empire: Bent’s Old Fort in 1848 La Junta, CO – 175 years ago Bent’s Old Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations with the Ch...
Read More Info2023 Santa Fe Trail Day Art Show Announces Free Entry for Artists
2023 Santa Fe Trail Day Art Show Announces Free Entry for Artists For 18 years, the Bent County Art Guild has been hosting a “Santa Fe Trail Day” Art Show. We are excited to announce that this year the Art Guild has changed everything ...
Read More InfoApril 8, 2023: Boggsville Clean-up Day
Events starts on April 8, 2023, 9:00 am to April 8, 2023, 12:00 pm
April 8, 2023: Boggsville Clean-up Day By Larry Bourne Boggsville clean up day is rapidly approaching, and I am hoping for a warm day to get the site ready for this season’s visitors. For you who have not been to Boggsville as of late you wi...
Read More InfoRawlings Museum Hosts Santa Fe Trail Timeline Traveling Exhibit in Las Animas
Rawlings Museum Hosts Santa Fe Trail Timeline Traveling Exhibit in Las Animas Bent County Historical Society and their partner, Bent’s Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail, are proud to announce that the Santa Fe Trail Timeline Traveling Exhib...
Read More InfoBent's Old Fort National Historic Site Presents: Protecting the Mail: 1863
Events starts on February 18, 2023, 9:00 am to February 18, 2023, 4:00 pm
Protecting the Mail: 1863 La Junta, CO – Bent’s Old Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, and ot...
Bent’s Fort Chapter of Santa Fe Trail 2022 Member of the Year
BENT’S FORT CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP OF THE YEAR AWARD Pack Mule/Oxen/Worker Bee Our 2022 Member of the year is always willing to lend a helping hand or take you to a place you’ve never seen before. As you are going, he will point out &ldquo...
Read More InfoBent’s Fort Chapter of The Santa Fe Trail Annual Meeting Jan. 14, 2023
Events starts on January 14, 2023, 10:30 am to January 14, 2023, 1:30 pm
BFC Annual Meeting to be held January 14 The Bent's Fort Chapter Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, January 14, at the JW Rawlings Heritage Center and Museum, 560 Bent Ave., Las Animas, CO. The meeting will begin at 10:30am followed by a catere...
Read More InfoSanta Fe Trail Byway Public Meetings Scheduled
Canyons and Plains Press Release Santa Fe Trail Byway Public Meetings Scheduled La Junta, CO – The Santa Fe Trail State Scenic and Historic Byway will hold a series of public meetings next month to help with the creation of a management plan...
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