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The Enchanted Mesa Trading Post at 9612 Central Ave. SE. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was built in 1948.It was a work of Margarete Chase and it was a work of a John Hill. It was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1997 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
This new trading post was not profitable and in July 1857, Bent leased it briefly to the United States Army and ran it again as a trading post. [3] By 1860, an area near the fort was a distribution point for annuity goods for the Cheyenne and Arapaho, who were starving and in need of the provisions as they headed east for a buffalo hunt; "their ...
John and Luisa Brown's trading post (1845-1849) was where the trail crossed a creek near present day Colorado City, Colorado. The trail continued southward to Huerfano Butte north of Walsenburg , then southwest to La Veta Pass following the route of U.S. Route 160 to Fort Garland then south to Taos through the San Luis Valley along the ...
By the early 19th century, several companies established strings of fur trading posts and forts across North America. As well, the North-West Mounted Police established local headquarters at various points such as Calgary where the HBC soon set up a store.
Bent's Fort, a trading post, was established in 1833 along the Santa Fe Trail, [3] serving travelers between St. Louis and Nuevo Mexico, now New Mexico. [1] The fort was along the banks of the Arkansas River, which was then the international border between the Republic of Mexico and the United States. [4]
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.
The trading post became the vehicle both for the Navajo obtaining the goods they needed and a market for the products they wished to sell. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A sutler at Fort Defiance, Arizona began trading with the Navajo in 1851, but Fort Defiance closed in 1868 and the era of privately owned trading posts began. [ 7 ]
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