Bent’s Fort, Colorado

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National Historic Site historic site trading post

Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site	5
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	2
Bent’s Fort area	1
Bent’s Fort, Colorado canonical	1
Bent’s Old Fort	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1545670 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bent’s Fort, Colorado
Context triple: [Kit Carson, residence, Bent’s Fort, Colorado]

A. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post on the upper Missouri River that interprets the region’s historic trade between Euro-American traders and Northern Plains tribes.
B. Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Fort Bridger, Wyoming is a historic 19th-century trading post and military outpost in southwestern Wyoming that served as a key resupply and transit point for westward-bound emigrants.
C. Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory
Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory was a 19th-century U.S. Army post on the Arkansas River that played a key role in the Indian Wars and frontier military operations in the American West.
D. Fort Union
Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.
E. Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie was a key 19th-century U.S. Army post and trading hub in present-day Wyoming that served as a major resupply and gathering point for westward migrants, Native American tribes, and the military.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bent’s Fort, Colorado
Target entity description: Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.

A. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post on the upper Missouri River that interprets the region’s historic trade between Euro-American traders and Northern Plains tribes.
B. Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Fort Bridger, Wyoming is a historic 19th-century trading post and military outpost in southwestern Wyoming that served as a key resupply and transit point for westward-bound emigrants.
C. Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory
Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory was a 19th-century U.S. Army post on the Arkansas River that played a key role in the Indian Wars and frontier military operations in the American West.
D. Fort Union
Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.
E. Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie was a key 19th-century U.S. Army post and trading hub in present-day Wyoming that served as a major resupply and gathering point for westward migrants, Native American tribes, and the military.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Historic Site ⓘ historic site ⓘ trading post ⓘ
abandoned	1849 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bent’s Old Fort ⓘ linked to: Bent’s Fort, Colorado Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site ⓘ linked to: Bent’s Fort, Colorado
architecturalStyle	adobe fortification ⓘ
associatedWith	Arapaho people ⓘ Cheyenne people ⓘ Comanche people ⓘ linked to: Comanche Kiowa people ⓘ U.S. Army ⓘ linked to: United States Army
builtBy	Bent, St. Vrain & Company ⓘ linked to: Pacific Fur Company
constructedAs	adobe trading post ⓘ
constructionStartDate	circa 1833 ⓘ
designatedAs	National Historic Site ⓘ linked to: U.S. National Historic Site
flourishedDuring	1830s ⓘ 1840s ⓘ
foundedBy	Ceran St. Vrain ⓘ Charles Bent ⓘ William Bent ⓘ
functionedAs	cultural crossroads ⓘ major commercial hub ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions at corners ⓘ blacksmith shop ⓘ central plaza ⓘ corrals ⓘ living quarters ⓘ trading rooms ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedAlong	Santa Fe Trail ⓘ
locatedIn	Colorado ⓘ Otero County, Colorado ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedOn	Arkansas River ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
offers	living history demonstrations ⓘ
openedAsTradingPost	1833 ⓘ
openTo	public ⓘ
partOf	American frontier ⓘ linked to: Old West
reconstructed	1970s ⓘ
reconstructionBasedOn	archeological evidence ⓘ contemporary drawings ⓘ historic documents ⓘ
servedAs	trading center between Euro-American traders and Plains tribes ⓘ trading center between United States and Mexico ⓘ
shape	rectangular adobe-walled compound ⓘ
usedFor	buffalo robe trade ⓘ fur trade ⓘ trade in manufactured goods ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kit Carson → residence → Bent’s Fort, Colorado ⓘ

Southeastern Colorado → contains → Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site ⓘ

subject linked to: southeastern Colorado