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Fort Jackson

Added by yongli on 05/03/2016 - 15:46, last changed on 11/20/2022 - 22:02
In the summer of 1837, Henry Fraeb and Peter Sarpy arrived at a location on the South Platte River a few miles north of present-day Fort Lupton . They arrived with $10,909.75 worth of goods for trade with the Cheyenne and Arapaho who frequented the area. Upon arrival, Fraeb and Sarpy began...

Louis Vasquez

Added by yongli on 10/06/2016 - 16:37, last changed on 09/30/2022 - 07:41
Louis Vasquez (1798–1868) was a fur trapper and mountain man active in Colorado during the 1820s and 1830s. He reportedly constructed Fort Convenience and a hunter’s cabin that predated the majority of settlement in the region. One of the Colorado fur trade ’s more successful trappers, Vasquez is...

William Bent

Added by yongli on 12/29/2015 - 11:23, last changed on 11/12/2022 - 18:57

William Bent

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William Bent (1809–69) played a pivotal role in the early development of Colorado. He initially came to the area as a fur trapper but became a liaison between whites and Native Americans via his trading fort on the Arkansas River near present-day La Junta . The Santa Fé Trail was the strategic...
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