| Colorado History - Trading Posts |
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Thursday, September 16 2010, 10:00am - 11:30am
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Activity # 7212.400
Date: Thursday, September 16
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $4.00 resident, $5.00 non-resident
On a nearby portion of the South Platte River, trading posts may have had a short tenure, but their names live on. Four competing sites were built and abandoned between 1836 and 1845. Forts Lupton, Vasquez, St. Vrain and Jackson were already relics when the gold seekers followed the Platte River Road to Colorado in 1859. These commercial enterprises were part of the much larger and highly competitive North American fur trade
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This series is presented by Larry Ralston.
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Location : Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Avenue
Contact : Longmont Senior Center, 303-651-8411 |
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