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Revision as of 18:42, 1 October 2011
Fort Vasquez (1835-1842) - A fur trading post established in 1835 by Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette in Weld County, Colorado. Abandoned in 1842.
Fort Vasquez History
Current Status
Part of the Colorado Historical Society museum system, Weld County, Colorado. Includes a museum, a WPA reproduction of the old fort and a monumental bronze statue of a bison. The fort reproduction has a walled outline of the fort's exterior walls but no interior details.
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Location: In the Highway 85 median between the northbound and southbound lanes, Weld County, Colorado. Maps & Images Lat: 40.194618 Long: -104.820841 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 115
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 46
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Visited: 29 Sep 2011
Fort Vasquez Picture Gallery
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