BOTH FORTS ARE A FEW MILES SOUTH OF PLATTEVILLE — THE FIRST IS RECONSTRUCTED AND FOR THE SECOND ONLY A MONUMENT REMAINS colorado.com — Website features historical background for http://www.colorado.com/Articles.aspx?aid=42211 the forts listed below — Locations, except for Fort Garland, are circled in blue on the Colorado map on the 1st page. • Bent's Old Fort, east of La Junta on Hwy 194, was http://www.nps.gov/beol/index.htm reconstructed in 1976 • Fort Uncampahgre, town of Delta, has self guided http://www.fortuncompahgre.org tours and it becomes a living museum in the summer • El Pueblo Fort, town of Pueblo http://www.historycolorado.org/museums/el-pueblo-history-museum • Fort Vasquez, 2 mi south of Platteville on Hwy 85, a http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/co/fortvasquez.html reconstructed replica, with museum & visitors' center 1 • Fort Garland, town of Fort Garland east of Alamosa on http://museumtrail.org/fortgarlandmuseum.asp THERE ARE 2 PAGES Hwy 160, is reconstructed with a self guided tour of the IN THIS REFERENCE FILE. Commandant's Quarters which is a replica of the room used by Kit Carson KEEP A COPY OF THIS FILE ON YOUR • Fort Morgan, town of Fort Morgan -- The fort is gone http://www.cityoffortmorgan.com/ DESKTOP FOR but you can tour the Fort Morgan Museum for military- index.aspx?NID=238 REFERENCE . and area-related history YOU CAN GO legendsofamerica.com — Website includes historical http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ DIRECTLY TO A background for Fort Morgan, Fort Pueblo, Fort St. Vrain, Fort co-forts.html WEBSITE FROM THIS PAGE BY CLICKING Uncompahgre, Fort Vasquez, and additionally: ON THE LINK. • Fort Logan (3520 W Oxford Ave in Denver) http://www.friendsofhistoricfortlogan.org/history/ (Today the 232 acre site includes a hospital and state agency offices) • Fort Lyon (just west of Bent’s Fort) http://www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org/fortlyon.html • Fort Massachusetts (6 mi north of Ft. Garland) http://fortwiki.com/Fort_Massachusetts_%284%29 • Fort Sedgwick (one mile up river from Julesburg) http://www.rivertrailonline.org/ftsedgwick001.htm The Fort Collins History Connection gives historical http://history.poudrelibraries.org/archive/cityhistory.php information about the original “Camp Collins” from which the city of Fort Collins derived its name. Fort St. Vrain is now farmland. The monument is 2 miles http://stvrainsfort.homestead.com/ from Platteville and reachable for viewing. Location for the most recently reconstructed fort, http://www.fortlupton.org/157/museum.htm Ft. Lupton, is circled in green on the Colorado map, 1st page. .