Fort Saint Vrain
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Fort Saint Vrain was an 1837 fur trading post built by the Bent, St. Vrain Company, and located at the confluence of Saint Vrain Creek and the South Platte River, about 20 miles east of the Rocky Moun
Historical marker at the site of Fort Saint Vrain
Ceran St. Vrain
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Ceran St. Vrain, born Ceran de Hault de Lassus de Saint-Vrain, was a French-American fur trader active in the American West during the 19th century. His father was a French aristocrat who emigrated to
Fort Saint Vrain
…today at the end of Weld County Road 40, located about seven miles north of Fort Vasquez, Colorado. Among those who helped to establish the fort was Ceran St. Vrain, after whom it was named. William Clark, governor of the territory, granted the Bent, St. Vrain Co. a license to trade on November 8, 1836. Like…
Ceran St. Vrain (standing) with "Uncle Dick" Wootton and territorial legislator José Maria Valdez, 1865
St. Vrain's Mill in 2014