A Wandering Princess Travels The Santa Fe Trail
A “WANDERING PRINCESS” TRAVELS THE TRAIL Susan Shelby Magoffin, the 18-year-old wife of merchant Samuel Magoffin, traveled the Santa Fe Trail with her husband in the summer of 1846. Her diary published as "Down the Santa Fe Trail and i...
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Santa Fe Trail Association Bicentennial Symposium Update at LJCC BLT
Santa Fe Trail Association Bicentennial Symposium Update at LJCC BLT Secretary and Finance Officer of the Bent's Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association LaDonna Hutton gave an update during the La Junta Chamber of Commerce Business, Lunch a...
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Solar Cars Arrive at Bent's Old Fort in Early August
Solar Cars Arrive at Bent's Old Fort in Early August From August 3-7, 2021, collegiate solar car teams will compete in the American Solar Challenge along portions of the Santa Fe Trail in commemoration of the Trail’s Bicentennial. You’...
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Free Sand Creek Massacre Presentation at Grand Theatre July 10
Free Sand Creek Massacre Presentation at Grand Theatre July 10 There will be a meeting of the Bent’s Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association on July 10 starting at 1pm. (Photo Credit: TC Valdez) The meeting will be held at the Grand T...
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Journey into the Past at Bent’s Old Fort - Historical Interpreter and Educator’s Training
Journey into the Past at Bent’s Old Fort La Junta, CO – The National Park Service is offering an opportunity for individuals to “step back in time” and experience life as it might have been 175 years ago at a trading post o...
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Alejandra, first lady of the new Bent’s Old Fort: a memoir - Book Signing
Alejandra, first lady of the new Bent’s Old Fort: a memoir - Book Signing By: Bette McFarren On Wednesday (May 19, 2021) at the Woodruff Memorial Library patio, old friends visited and congratulated Alejandra Aldred-Adams on her memoir, &ldq...
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THE MILITARY MARCHES ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL, JUNE 1846
THE MILITARY MARCHES ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL, JUNE 1846 In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States which considered it "manifest destiny" to expand. Prior to 1835, Texas had been a northern province of the country of Mexico. The...
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The Boggsville National Historic Site Multi-phase Restoration Update
Bent County Historical Society P.O. Box 68 Las Animas, CO 81054 719-456-6066 By: Kathleen Tomlin The Boggsville National Register Historic Site, located in the rural community of Las Animas, Colorado, is undergoing major, multi-phase conservation ...
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Stuart West New Man on the Block
Stuart West New Man on the Block by Ed Stafford Stuart West is the new Superintendent at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. He has come at an auspicious time in the fort's history: This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail, ...
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Canyons & Plains receives CRAFT Award from Colorado Tourism Office
PRESS RELEASE, May 25, 2021.............. Canyons & Plains Regional Heritage Task Force, in the Canyons & Plains travel region, was awarded a Colorado Rural Academy for Tourism (CRAFT) Recovery Mentor program by the Colorado Tourism Office...
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