Fort Uncompahgre
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title:
Fort Uncompahgre
text:
Fort Uncompahgre was a fur trading post constructed in 1828 by Antoine Robidoux, a trader based out of Mexican Santa Fe. The post was situated about two miles down from the confluence of the Gunnison River and the Uncompahgre River, near the present day community of Delta, Colorado. Its design was more to secure goods and livestock than to be defensive, and was abandoned in 1844 when hostilities broke out between Ute and Mexicans. In 1989–1990, local historian William Bailey headed up a group th
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description:
Trading post and fort in Colorado, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Uncompahgre
date created:
2013-01-18T22:00:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T14:49:50Z
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