List of trading posts in Colorado

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A map of the United States when the Territory of Colorado was created on February 28, 1861.

This is a partial list of trading posts established in what is now the U.S. State of Colorado from 1828 to approximately 1868. The 24 historic trading posts in Colorado traded goods produced outside the region to Native Americans for furs, food, and locally made goods. Trading posts also sold goods to travellers and settlers.

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Historic Trading Posts in Colorado
Trading post Other names Current county Location[1] Elevation[1] Established Abandoned Status
Fort Uncompahgre Fort Robidoux Delta[a] 38°45′01″N 108°04′25″W / 38.7503°N 108.0737°W / 38.7503; -108.0737 (Fort Uncompahgre (historical))[b] 4,928 ft
1502 m[b]		 1828 1844 Reconstruction[2]
Gantt's Picket Post Fort Gantt Bent[c] 1832 1834 No remains[3]
Bent's Fort Bent's Old Fort,
Fort William,
Bent's Picket Post		 Otero[d] 38°02′26″N 103°25′46″W / 38.0406°N 103.4294°W / 38.0406; -103.4294 (Bent's Old Fort (historical)) 4,005 ft
1221 m		 1833 1849 National Historic Site.[3]
Jimmy's Camp Jimmy Camp El Paso[e] 1833 1868 Nothing remains.
Fort Cass Pueblo[f] 1834 1835 No remains[3]
Fort Convenience Adams[g] 1834 1835 No remains[3]
Fort Le Duc Fort Maurice,
Buzzard's Roost,
El Cuervo		 Custer[h] 1830s 1854 No remains[3]
Fort Vasquez Weld[i] 40°11′40″N 104°49′16″W / 40.1944°N 104.8211°W / 40.1944; -104.8211 (Fort Vasquez (historical)) 4,826 ft
1471 m		 1835 1842 Restored and museum[3]
Fort Saint Vrain Fort George,
Fort Lookout		 Weld[j] 40°16′44″N 104°51′18″W / 40.27889°N 104.8550°W / 40.27889; -104.8550 (Fort Saint Vrain (historical)) 4,764 ft
1452 m		 1837 1855 Historical marker[3]
Fort Lupton Fort Lawrence Weld[k] 1837 1844 Reconstructed[3]
Fort Jackson Weld[l] 1837 1838 Foundation remains[3]
Fort Gerry Weld[m] late 1830s 1840s [4][5]
Milk Fort Fort Leche,
Pueblo de Leche,
Fort El Puebla,
Peebles Fort,
Fort Independence		 Otero[n] late 1830s No remains[3][4][5]
Fort Davy Crockett Fort Misery Moffat[o] 40°47′10″N 108°53′40″W / 40.7862°N 108.8944°W / 40.7862; -108.8944 (Fort Davy Crockett (historical))[p] 5,374 ft
1638 m[p]		 late 1830s [3]
Fraeb's Post Fort Fraeb Routt[q] 1840 1841 No remains[3]
El Pueblo Fort Pueblo Pueblo[r] 1842 1854 No remains[5][6]
Bent's New Fort Bent[s] 38°05′32″N 103°09′08″W / 38.0922°N 103.1522°W / 38.0922; -103.1522 (Bent's New Fort (historical)) 3,888 ft
1185 m		 1853 1860 Foundation remains[6]
Fort Namaqua Modena's Crossing,
Namaqua Station,
Mariano's Crossing,
Big Thompson,
Miraville		 Larimer[t] 1858 or 1859 1868 Historical marker at Namaqua Park[6][7][8]
Fort Julesburg Sedgwick[u] 40°56′35″N 102°21′30″W / 40.9430°N 102.3582°W / 40.9430; -102.3582 (Fort Julesburg) 3,514 ft
1071 m		 1860 1861 [9]

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