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End of the Mountain Men Era at Bent's Fort
Historic Bent's Fort on the Arkansas met its end as William Bent burned the post after the government’s low offer, signaling the fading of the fur trade era. The narrative recalls the fort’s bustling frontier years and the mountain men who shaped early western exploration.
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Bent
Beaver
Stephen W. Kearny
New Mexico
Arkansas
William Bent
Plains
Dragoons
Kearny
Missouri
Stanley Vestal
Houghton Mifflin Company
United States
Massachusetts
Silas Bent
Boston
Anothr Silas Bent
St. Louis
Bent Brothers
William
George
Robert
Charles
Ceran
Marcelin St. Vrain
Ceran St. Vrain
Arkansas River
Fort William
Old Fort Bent
Charles Bent
Taos
Bent and St. Vrain Company
California
Uncle Sam
Neds
Colonel Bent
Col
Henry Dodge
Thomas Farnham
Frederick Ruxton
Philip St. George Cooke
Rufus Sage
Francis Parkman
Charles Fremont
George Bent
Fremont