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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Sitefort plaza in the fall
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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.

Last Updated: June 18, 2008 at 16:01 EST