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El Pueblo, also called Fort Pueblo, was a trading post and fort near the present-day city of Pueblo in Pueblo County, Colorado. It operated from 1842 until 1854, selling goods, livestock, and produce. It was attacked in 1854, killing up to 19 men and capturing three people.
Signs of El Pueblo's structure are discovered. 1992 El Pueblo History Museum relocates to a building on the same block as the excavation. [14] 1996 The rediscovered El Pueblo fort is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [17] 2003 The new El Pueblo Museum complex is completed. [18]
This list of museums in the U.S. State of Colorado identifies museums (defined for this context as institutions including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The museum’s Confederate and Union military artifacts, valued at $3 million when the $1.5 million building opened in 2004, are now worth $20 million-$25 million and “may be the biggest private ...
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The Fort Pueblo massacre (also known as The Tragedy at Fort Pueblo or The El Pueblo 1854 Christmas Tragedy) was an attack that occurred on December 25, 1854, against Fort Pueblo, Colorado, also known as El Pueblo, a settlement on the north side of the Arkansas River, 1 ⁄ 2 mile west of the mouth of Fountain Creek, [1] [a] above the mouth of the Huerfano.
Fort Cass was then built near the present-day city of Pueblo, Colorado by John Gantt, [20] a former Army officer. It was built in May 1834 on the north side of the Arkansas River, about 6 miles below Fountain Creek. William Bent of St. Vrain & Company attacked Shoshone Indians trading at Gantt's Fort, killing a few and driving them away. Gantt ...