Santa Fe Trail Bicentennial Symposium Update LJCC BLT 8/26/21
Santa Fe Trail Bicentennial Symposium Update LJCC BLT Secretary and Finance Officer of the Bent's
Read More Info
Michael Martin Murphey and The Santa Fe Trail at Koshare Kiva September 24, 2021
Michael Martin Murphey and The Santa Fe Trail at Koshare Kiva September 24, 2021 The Bicentennial Symposium Planning Board Meeting was held August 28 in The Otero College Ed Stafford Theater Building. During the meeting, Secretary and Finance Offi...
Read More Info
.jpg)
UPDATE - Emmy Award Winning, PBS Television Series Filmed at Historic Bent’s Old Fort
Emmy Award Winning, PBS Television Series to Feature Historic Bent’s Old Fort FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - PHILADELPHIA – August 24th, 2021
Read More Info
2021 Bicentennial of the Santa Fe Trail
2021 Bicentennial of the Santa Fe Trail La Junta, CO – From September 23-26, the Santa Fe Trail will come alive as the 200th anniversary of the trail is commemorated in and around La Junta, Colorado! The theme of the event is 200 years of commer...
Read More Info
The West’s Favorite Son Rode the Santa Fe Trail
The West’s Favorite Son Rode the Santa Fe Trail By: Kellen Cutsforth After its construction in 1821 by politician and freighter William Becknell, the Santa Fe Trail has seen its fair share of travelers over its 200-year existence. From 1822 to 1...
Read More Info
BENT BUILDS AND BURNS MASSIVE TRADING POST ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL
Article by Kellen Cutsforth BENT BUILDS AND BURNS MASSIVE TRADING POST ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL
Read More Info
American Solar Challenge Principia College Interview at Bent's Old Fort
Upper Left: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Arrives in La Junta, Upper Right: Go fast helmet on the demonstration vehicle touring with the racers, Bottom Left: arriving late to the checkpoint means quick repairs, Right Center: Chris, th...
Read More Info
American Solar Challenge Arrives at Bent's Old Fort
American Solar Challenge Arrives at Bent's Old Fort The University of Minnesota Solar Car Team has a healthy lead in the American Solar Challenge; they arrived at Bent's Old Fort in La Junta just after 6pm on Wednesday.
Read More Info
Solar cars to travel 900+ miles along the Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Solar cars to travel 900+ miles along the Santa Fe National Historic Trail in the 2021 American Solar Challenge from Independence, MO to Las Vegas, NM LA JUNTA, CO – On August 4-5, 2021, solar cars participating in the 2021 American Solar Challe...
Read More Info
A Wandering Princess Travels The Santa Fe Trail
A “WANDERING PRINCESS” TRAVELS THE TRAIL Susan Shelby Magoffin, the 18-year-old wife of merchant Samuel Magoffin, traveled the Santa Fe Trail with her husband in the summer of 1846. Her diary published as "Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexi...
Read More Info