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...
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Bent’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...
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Santa 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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Bent’s Old Fort Evening Candlelight Tours December 2 & 3, 2022
Evening Candlelight Tours December 2 & 3, 2022 La Junta, CO – The annual Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Evening Candlelight Tours will be presented on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3 this year. The 90-minute Eve...
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Veterans Day Military Timeline at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
Veterans Day Military Timeline at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site La Junta, CO – Bent’s Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations wi...
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Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Photo Contest
Bent's Old Fort Photo Contest Bent’s Old Fort is holding a photo contest. The winning image will be featured on the 2023 Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Annual Pass. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2022. The winner ...
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Secretary Haaland Commits to Telling America’s Story at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Secretary Haaland Commits to Telling America’s Story at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site EADS, Colo. — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and National Park Service (NPS) Director Chuck Sams today visited the Sand Creek Mas...
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Otero College’s Meagan Hotchkiss-Trejo to Present at European Immersive Education Summit in Switzerland
Otero College’s Meagan Hotchkiss-Trejo to Present at European Immersive Education Summit in Switzerland LA JUNTA — Meagan Hotchkiss-Trejo, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Otero College, will be presenting at the 8th European I...
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Rocky Ford Night at The Museum Oct 19 - War & Calamity in 1847
Rocky Ford Night at The Museum Oct 19 War & Calamity in 1847 The Rocky Ford Museum would to invite the town of Rocky Ford and vicinity to our next 'Night At The Museum' in October. Who: Jake Koch, Park Ranger, Bent's Old Fort N.H.S. What: "War...
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Experience War and Calamity at Bent’s Old Fort Sept 2nd & 3rd
Experience War and Calamity at Bent’s Old Fort The public is invited to join the inhabitants of Bent’s Old Fort on Friday, September 2 from 1:00 to 5:30 pm and September 3 from 8 am to 5:30 pm to experience the sights and sounds of Ben...
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