Fort Vasquez

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Fort Vasquez is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post in Colorado that now serves as a historic site interpreting the early fur trade and frontier life on the Great Plains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
museum
reconstructed fur trading post
builtIn 1835
1836
category Fur trade forts
Living history museums
Museums in Colorado
Reconstructed buildings in Colorado
closedAsTradingPost 1840s
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedBy Andrew Sublette NERFINISHED
Louis Vasquez NERFINISHED
function fur trading post
trading center for buffalo robes
hasExhibit artifacts related to fur trade
interpretive displays on trappers and traders
hasFacility museum exhibits
visitor center
historicalEra 19th century
American fur trade era
interprets early fur trade
frontier life
history of the Great Plains
locatedBetween Denver NERFINISHED
Greeley NERFINISHED
locatedIn Colorado
Great Plains region NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedNear Platte River NERFINISHED
locatedOn U.S. Route 85 NERFINISHED
material adobe
namedAfter Louis Vasquez NERFINISHED
openToPublic true
operatedBy History Colorado NERFINISHED
ownedBy State of Colorado NERFINISHED
partOf heritage tourism in Colorado
reconstructedBy State of Colorado NERFINISHED
reconstructedIn 20th century
region northeastern Colorado
served Native American tribes
traders
trappers
state Colorado
touristAttraction true

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