Bent’s Fort, Colorado
E177918
Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site | 5 |
| Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site | 2 |
| Bent’s Fort area | 1 |
| Bent’s Fort, Colorado canonical | 1 |
| Bent’s Old Fort | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1545670 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bent’s Fort, Colorado Context triple: [Kit Carson, residence, Bent’s Fort, Colorado]
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A.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post on the upper Missouri River that interprets the region’s historic trade between Euro-American traders and Northern Plains tribes.
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B.
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Fort Bridger, Wyoming is a historic 19th-century trading post and military outpost in southwestern Wyoming that served as a key resupply and transit point for westward-bound emigrants.
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C.
Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory
Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory was a 19th-century U.S. Army post on the Arkansas River that played a key role in the Indian Wars and frontier military operations in the American West.
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D.
Fort Union
Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.
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E.
Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie was a key 19th-century U.S. Army post and trading hub in present-day Wyoming that served as a major resupply and gathering point for westward migrants, Native American tribes, and the military.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bent’s Fort, Colorado Target entity description: Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.
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A.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post on the upper Missouri River that interprets the region’s historic trade between Euro-American traders and Northern Plains tribes.
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B.
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Fort Bridger, Wyoming is a historic 19th-century trading post and military outpost in southwestern Wyoming that served as a key resupply and transit point for westward-bound emigrants.
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C.
Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory
Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory was a 19th-century U.S. Army post on the Arkansas River that played a key role in the Indian Wars and frontier military operations in the American West.
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D.
Fort Union
Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.
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E.
Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie was a key 19th-century U.S. Army post and trading hub in present-day Wyoming that served as a major resupply and gathering point for westward migrants, Native American tribes, and the military.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Site
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| abandoned | 1849 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bent’s Fort, Colorado
ⓘ
surface form:
Bent’s Old Fort
Bent’s Fort, Colorado ⓘ
surface form:
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
|
| architecturalStyle | adobe fortification ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arapaho people
ⓘ
Cheyenne people ⓘ Comanche ⓘ
surface form:
Comanche people
Kiowa people ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army
|
| builtBy |
Pacific Fur Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Bent, St. Vrain & Company
|
| constructedAs | adobe trading post ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | circa 1833 ⓘ |
| designatedAs |
U.S. National Historic Site
ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Site
|
| flourishedDuring |
1830s
ⓘ
1840s ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ceran St. Vrain
ⓘ
Charles Bent ⓘ William Bent ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
cultural crossroads
ⓘ
major commercial hub ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions at corners
ⓘ
blacksmith shop ⓘ central plaza ⓘ corrals ⓘ living quarters ⓘ trading rooms ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedAlong | Santa Fe Trail ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Otero County, Colorado ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Arkansas River ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| offers | living history demonstrations ⓘ |
| openedAsTradingPost | 1833 ⓘ |
| openTo | public ⓘ |
| partOf |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American frontier
|
| reconstructed | 1970s ⓘ |
| reconstructionBasedOn |
archeological evidence
ⓘ
contemporary drawings ⓘ historic documents ⓘ |
| servedAs |
trading center between Euro-American traders and Plains tribes
ⓘ
trading center between United States and Mexico ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular adobe-walled compound ⓘ |
| usedFor |
buffalo robe trade
ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ trade in manufactured goods ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bent’s Fort, Colorado Description of subject: Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Southeastern Colorado
this entity surface form:
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
this entity surface form:
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
this entity surface form:
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
this entity surface form:
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
this entity surface form:
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
this entity surface form:
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
this entity surface form:
Bent’s Old Fort
this entity surface form:
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
this entity surface form:
Bent’s Fort area