Parts of the decades-old reconstructed adobe trading post near La Junta are failing. This led to the decision to close the upper level until the risks can be resolved and the structure restored. Also, the living history presentations there could undergo some changes, including how livestock may be managed.
Recent public outcry brought to attention some fresh changes and possible pending changes at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta, Colo. The second floor of the fort was closed in November, 2023,.
Recent public outcry brought to attention some fresh changes and possible pending changes at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta, Colorado. The second floor of the fort was closed in November, 2023,.
Operational changes at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, a park in southeastern Colorado that represents an 1840s' trading post along the Santa Fe Trail, have drawn concerns that the site is losing is living history programming.