All Entries Tagged With: "Bent’s Old Fort"
Bent’s Old Fort Has Banner Year in Visitation
In 2016 Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site hosted 31,948 visitors, an increase of 22% over the 2015 number of 26,219. Visitation to the fort in 2016 was the highest since 1999. “Undoubtedly the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service increased the public’s awareness of their national parks,” said Chief of Interpretation […]
Bent’s Old Fort Launches Second Year of Every Kid in a Park
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site encourages all fourth graders to visit the park for free this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters. Visit www.everykidinapark.gov to download the […]
LCC Encampment and Bent’s Old Fort featured at AHA Annual Meeting
(Lamar, Colorado; January 13, 2016) Lamar Community College historian Kelly Emick and Bent’s Old Fort Interpreter John Carson were featured on a panel sponsored by the Society of Western History at the American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Meeting held January 5-8 in Denver, Colorado. The yearly AHA event is one of the largest gatherings of […]
Partners for HOPE Sets Annual Chili Supper for November
Members of the HOPE Coalition decided on Friday, November 18th as the date for their 5th Annual Chili Supper, now an yearly fund-raising tradition at the HOPE Center Lincoln School. There was considerable discussion to find a non-conflicting date with other local activities and the November date is the best available on the calendar. Although […]
