Mel Bacon and Daniel Blegen.
Personal accounts highlighting the life of an important trading center on the Sante Fe Trail, where U.S., Mexican, and Indian cultures mingled at a key time in American History.
Using old diaries and letters, contemporary photographs, and early engravings, the text describes Bent’s Fort and explains its significance in lively detail. For travelers to the area, a historically based reconstruction of the fort completed in the 1970s is also described. The volume is a useful and unique addition to the literature of the West for upper elementary students.
—The Horn Book, Inc.
The Santa Fe Trail was a busy route and Bent’s Fort provided goods and services for its traders and travelers. Personal accounts make this bustling stop come alive. ...The book is filled with photos, both black and white and full color. There’s an amazing amount of information in this attractive volume.
—School Library Journal
Bacon and Blegen give the history of the site, including firsthand descriptions excerpted from the diaries of visitors. These comments, along with reproductions of period drawings and photos, offer a revealing look at life in southeastern Colorado circa 1846. …The appended bibliography and index will aid report writers, making this a useful addition to classroom units on the westward movement or Colorado history.
—BookList
Ages 11 and up
72 pages; illustrated; bibliography; index
Paperback
Trim: 8.5" by 11"
Publication date: 2001
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