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Big Timbers
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Big Timbers is a wooded riparian area in Colorado along both banks of the Arkansas River that is famous as a campsite for Native American tribes and travelers on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Tr
Big Timbers along the Arkansas River. An illustration from Richard Irving Dodge (1883). Our Wild Indians; Thirty-three Years' Personal Experience Amon
Big Timbers along the Arkansas River. An illustration from Richard Irving Dodge (1883). Our Wild Indians; Thirty-three Years' Personal Experience Among the Red Men of the Great West
The only surviving daguerreotype from Solomon Nunes Carvalho's journey West in 1853 depicts a view of the Cheyenne village at Big Timbers. A pair of f
The only surviving daguerreotype from Solomon Nunes Carvalho's journey West in 1853 depicts a view of the Cheyenne village at Big Timbers. A pair of figures stand to the left; drying hides hang on the right. Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Plaque erected by Prowers County Historical Society at Big Timbers Museum, Lamar, Colorado
Plaque erected by Prowers County Historical Society at Big Timbers Museum, Lamar, Colorado
Bent's New Fort
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Bent's New Fort was a historic fort and trading post along the banks of the Arkansas River in what is now Bent County, Colorado, about nine miles west of Lamar, on the Mountain Route branch of the San
Big Timbers
…someplace where grass was thick, wood plentiful, and water fresh and sweet. A favorite camping ground for the Cheyenne and Arapaho, William Bent located Bent's New Fort near Big Timbers and present-day Lamar to trade with the Native Americans. Alexander Barclay and William Tharp also traded at Big Timbers…
Daniel Jenks traveled to the Colorado Territory in 1859 in search of gold. While there, he made this sketch of Bent's New Fort, which is one of the ea
Daniel Jenks traveled to the Colorado Territory in 1859 in search of gold. While there, he made this sketch of Bent's New Fort, which is one of the earliest known images of the fort. Photo courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Dept.
Little Raven, Southern Arapaho leader, some time between 1868 and 1874
Little Raven, Southern Arapaho leader, some time between 1868 and 1874