List of forts in Colorado

This is a list of military and trading forts established in what is now the U.S. State of Colorado.

History The initial forts, built in the first half of the 19th century, were early communities of commerce between Native Americans, trappers, and traders. William Butler, who wrote about the fur trade in Colorado, stated that there were 24 trading posts built in the pre-territorial area of what is now Colorado. The trading posts were of varying sizes. Gantt's Post had several small wooden buildings located along Fountain Creek. Near Pueblo, Fort Le Duc (Buzzard's Roost) was a small settlement. Bent's Old Fort was a large adobe stockade on the Arkansas River. Multiple trading posts were built along a 13-mile stretch of the South Platte River in the late 1830s: Fort Jackson, Fort Lupton, and Fort Vasquez. In the early 1840s, the fur trade collapsed and most of the trading posts were closed, although some served early communities of miners and farmers. Bent's Old Fort continued to operate as it was located on the Santa Fe Trail, serving people from the United States and the New Spain areas of what is now New Mexico.

Table of Colorado forts NameOther namesLocationCurrent countyYear foundedYear abandonedTypeStatusPike's Stockade SanfordConejos18071807U.S. Army stockadeReproductionSpanish FortFort Sangre de CristoSangre de Cristo PassCostilla18191821Spanish Army fortFort Talpa FarisitaHuerfano1820s Spanish postFort UncompahgreFort RobidouxDelta areaDelta1820s1844Trading postReconstructionGantt's Picket PostFort GanttLas AnimasBent18321834Trading postNo remains Fort Cass Pueblo areaPueblo18341835Trading postNo remains Fort Convenience Welby areaAdams18341835Trading postNo remains Bent's Old FortFort WilliamLa Junta areaOtero18341849Trading postNational Historic Site and museum Fort Le DucFort Maurice, Buzzard's Roost, El CuervoWetmore areaCuster1830s1854Trading postNo remains Fort Vasquez PlattevilleWeld18351842Trading postRestored and museumFort Jackson Ione areaWeld18371838Trading postFoundation remainsFort LuptonFort LawrenceFort LuptonWeld18371844Trading postReconstructedFort Saint VrainFort George, Fort LookoutPlattevilleWeld18371855Trading postHistorical markerFort Gerry Kersey areaWeldlate 1830s1840sTrading postMilk FortFort Leche, Pueblo de Leche, Fort El Puebla, Peebles Fort, Fort IndependenceLas AnimasOterolate 1830s Trading post / settlementNo remainsFort Davy CrockettFort MiseryBrowns Park National Wildlife RefugeMoffatlate 1830s Trading post Fraeb's PostFort FraebSteamboat Springs areaRoutt18401841Trading postNo remainsEl PuebloFort Pueblo, Fort Nepesta, Fort Fisher, Fort Juana, Fort Spaulding, Robert Fisher's FortPuebloPueblo18421854Trading PostNo remainsFort Huerfano AvondalePueblo1845 EncampmentNo remainsMormon Battalion and The Vanguard Company of 1847, Mormon TrailFort IndependencePuebloPueblo18461847Mormon homesNo remainsFort Massachusetts Fort GarlandCostilla18521858U.S. Army fortArchaeological siteBent's New FortSee Fort Lyon 1Lamar areaBent18531860Trading postFoundation remainsFort Garland Fort GarlandCostilla18581883U.S. Army fortReconstructedFort NamaquaModena's Crossing, Namaqua Station, Mariano's Crossing, Big Thompson, MiravilleLovelandLarimer1858 or 18591868+Trading postHistorical marker at Namaqua Park Fort Mary BFort Independence, Fort Independent, Fort Breckenridge, Fort MeribehBreckenridgeSummit1859 StockadeNo remainsFort Lyon 1Fort Fauntleroy, Fort WiseLamar areaProwers18601867U.S. Army fortDestroyed by fireFort Weld DenverDenver18611865U.S. Army postHistorical marker at 8th/VallejoCamp Collins / Fort Collins Fort CollinsLarimer18621867U.S. Army camp / fortNo remainsFrancisco FortFort FranciscoLa VetaHuerfano18621902Civilian fortRefurbished, now a museumFort MorganCamp Tyler, Camp WardwellFort MorganMorgan18641868U.S. Army postHistorical marker in city parkFort Wicked MerinoLogan18641868HouseHistorical marker at US-6/CR-26Fort SedgwickPost at Julesburg, Camp Rankin, Fort RankingSedgwickSedgwick18641871U.S. Army postHistorical markerFort Reynolds AvondalePueblo18671872U.S. Army postHistorical markerFort Lyon 2 Las AnimasBent18671897U.S. Army postFort Lewis 1Cantonment at Pagosa SpringsPagosa SpringsArchuleta18781880U.S. Army postSite is a city parkFort FlaglerCamp at Animas CityDurangoLa Plata1879 Temporary stockadesFort MeekerCantonment on White RiverMeekerRio Blanco18791883U.S. Army campQuarters refurbished, museumFort Lewis 2HesperusLa Plata18801891U.S. Army postConverted to Indian boarding schoolFort CrawfordCantonment at UncompahgreMontroseMontrose18801891U.S. Army postHistorical markerFort Narraguinnep Dolores areaMontezuma1885 Rancher's fortU.S. Forest Service signFort LoganFort Sheridansouthwest DenverDenver and Arapahoe18871946U.S. Army postOne building is a museumFort CarsonCamp Carsonimmediately south of Colorado SpringsEl Paso1942extantU.S. Army post

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