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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
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These publications are freely distributed by the National Park Service.  All require Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.
 

Bent's Old Fort Self-Guided Tour Booklet [353k PDF file]
Self-Guided Tour Booklet provides photographs and history of rooms in the fort. 

 

Bent's Fort Ledger Volunteer Newsletter [394k PDF file]
The official winter 2008 volunteer newsletter of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site written for the park's volunteers, but for anyone interested in the park's activities, projects and developments. 

 

Western National Parks Association Bookstore Item and Price Listing  [56k PDF file]
A listing of books, maps, videos, CDs, and trade goods such as blankets, beads, pots, candle lanterns, games, and candy.  

 

 

Natural Resource
Bird List [3.6mb PDF file]
Historic Plants [4.2mb PDF file]
Prescribed Fire [3.2mb PDF file]
Tamarisk Removal [3.2mb PDF file]

 

 


 
Western National Parks Association
Bookstore
Our bookstore has many maps and publications about Bent's Fort and the Santa Fe Trail.
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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.

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