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Certified Santa Fe National Historic Trail Sites
Sites on the National Register of Historic Places are noted (NRHP)
National Historic Landmarks are noted (NHL)
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| Santa Fe Trail Site
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Description
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| Arkansas River Crossing
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The Arkansas River crossing was at the present-day
site of La Junta, Colorado and may have been one of several crossings in
this area. Susan Magoffin,
among others, used this crossing. |
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site (NHL)
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Bent's Old Fort National
Historic Site is north of the Arkansas River and
8 miles east of La Junta on Colorado Highway 194. The fort was an active
trading post from 1833 to 1849. It was of national importance to the
opening of the American West. The reconstructed fort is a National Park Service area.
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