Fort Vasquez

Fort Vasquez (1835-1842) - A fur trading post established in 1835 by Louis Vasquez and Andrew W Sublette in Weld County, Colorado. Abandoned in 1842.

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Fort Vasquez South Entrance

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 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 4,823'

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

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Vasquez

Visited: 29 Sep 2011

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