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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Sitefort plaza in the fall
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
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Women cleaing chickens for cooking  

Did You Know?
The first white woman didn’t arrive at Bent’s Fort until 1846, 13 years after its establishment. Unlike the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail was basically a freight road, men driving freight wagons. That started to change after the Mexican War when New Mexico became U.S. territory.

Last Updated: September 24, 2007 at 17:08 EST