Last updated: October 20, 2023
Place
Fort Uncompahgre Interpretive Center
NPS Photo
Quick Facts
Location:
Located at the entrance to Confluence Park next to the Gunnison River, Delta, Colorado
Significance:
The original Fort Uncompahgre was a centeral hub for trade and travel routes throughout the West.
Designation:
Certified Site, Public Lands Center
The original Fort Uncompahgre was a Central hub for trade and travel routes throughout the West, and was established a short distance from the confluence of the Compahgre (Uncompahgre) and Blue or Eagletail (Gunnison) Rivers. The Fort is a reconstruction of the original Fort Uncompahgre built by Antoine Robidoux in 1828. It was the first Anglo settlement in the area and built six years previous to Bent's Fort located along the Santa Fe Trail in southeast Colorado.
Today it's an Old Spanish Trail interpretive site where visitors can explore a reconstruction of Fort Uncompahgre and learn more about the Old Spanish Trail.
Site Information
Location (Located at the entrance to Confluence Park next to the Gunnison River, Delta, Colorado)
When you visit the Fort, you will literally walk back into the past. Authentic trade goods and piles of furs and animal hides fill several rooms. Every aspect is maintained as authentically as possible. You will see an actual trade room where local American Indians and trappers exchanged furs for guns, knives, beads, and other prized trade goods.
Fort Uncompahgre is also a Public Lands information center open Mon-Sat 9-5. Selling wood permits, park passes, and Christmas Tree permits.
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