List of trading posts in Colorado explained

This is a partial list of trading posts that existed in the area of the present U.S. State of Colorado from 1828 to approximately 1868. The 24 historic trading posts in Colorado traded goods produced outside the region to Native Americans for furs, food, and locally made goods. Trading posts also sold goods to travellers and settlers.

Table

This is a sortable table of some of the historic trading posts in Colorado. Select the OpenStreetMap link in the box at right to view a map showing the location these trading posts.

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Other names	scope=col	Current county	scope=col	Location[1]	scope=col	Elevation	scope=col	Established	scope=col	Abandoned	scope=col	Status
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Uncompahgre	Fort Robidoux	Delta	38.7503°N -108.0737°W	1828	1844	Reconstruction[2]
scope=row style=text-align:left	Gantt's Picket Post	Fort Gantt	Bent			1832	1834	No remains
scope=row style=text-align:left	Bent's Fort	Bent's Old Fort, Fort William, Bent's Picket Post	Otero	38.0406°N -103.4294°W	1833	1849	National Historic Site.[3]
scope=row style=text-align:left	Jimmy's Camp	Jimmy Camp	El Paso			1833	1868	Nothing remains.
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Cass		Pueblo			1834	1835	No remains
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Convenience		Adams			1834	1835	No remains
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Le Duc	Fort Maurice, Buzzard's Roost, El Cuervo	Custer			1830s	1854	No remains
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Vasquez		Weld	40.1944°N -104.8211°W	1835	1842	Restored and museum
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Saint Vrain	Fort George, Fort Lookout	Weld	40.2789°N -104.855°W	1837	1855	Historical marker
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Lupton	Fort Lawrence	Weld			1837	1844	Reconstructed
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Jackson		Weld			1837	1838	Foundation remains
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Gerry		Weld			late 1830s	1840s	[4]
scope=row style=text-align:left	Milk Fort	Fort Leche, Pueblo de Leche, Fort El Puebla, Peebles Fort, Fort Independence	Otero			late 1830s		No remains
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Davy Crockett	Fort Misery	Moffat	40.7862°N -108.8944°W	late 1830s
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fraeb's Post	Fort Fraeb	Routt			1840	1841	No remains
scope=row style=text-align:left	El Pueblo	Fort Pueblo	Pueblo			1842	1854	No remains[5]
scope=row style=text-align:left	Bent's New Fort		Bent	38.0922°N -103.1522°W	1853	1860	Foundation remains
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Namaqua	Modena's Crossing, Namaqua Station, Mariano's Crossing, Big Thompson, Miraville	Larimer			1858 or 1859	1868	Historical marker at Namaqua Park[6] [7]
scope=row style=text-align:left	Fort Julesburg		Sedgwick		1860	1861	[8]

See also

• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
  • List of forts in Colorado
  • List of ghost towns in Colorado
• Outline of Colorado

External links

• State of Colorado
  • Colorado Tourism Office
  • History Colorado

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. September 5, 2023.
2. Book: Jolie Anderson Gallagher. Colorado Forts: Historic Outposts on the Wild Frontier. April 2, 2013. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. 978-1-61423-903-1. PT8.
3. Book: Jolie Anderson Gallagher. Colorado Forts: Historic Outposts on the Wild Frontier. April 2, 2013. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. 978-1-61423-903-1. PT9.
4. Web site: Colorado forts – Fort Huerfano. June 6, 2018. Phil Payette. Pete Payette. American Forts Network.
5. Book: Jolie Anderson Gallagher. Colorado Forts: Historic Outposts on the Wild Frontier. April 2, 2013. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. 978-1-61423-903-1. PT10.
6. Book: From the Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries. Caxton Press. 978-0-87004-565-3. 217.
7. News: Spanish-Speaking Mariano Medina built a fort. Kenneth. Jessen. Reporter-Herald. Loveland, Colorado. July 26, 2014. June 10, 2018.
8. Web site: Historic trail maps of the Sterling 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, northeastern Colorado. Glenn R.. Scott. United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. 1989. 10.3133/i1894 . July 23, 2021.