239 pages, illustrations, large fold-out map. Limited edition, #212 of 500 SIGNED and numbered copies. Title pages states Volume 1, but there never was a 2nd. Rittenhouse 427, Probably ranks second only to Lavenders book as a study in depth of Bents forts. Chiefly a collection of excerpts from scores of other sources, some previously unpublished, describing the fort.
Title: Old Forts And Trading Posts Of The West Bent's Old Fort and Bent's New Fort on the Arkansas River
Edition: First Edition
Location Published: Denver, Artcraft Press: 1956
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Type: Book
Categories: Fur Trade, Travel & Exploration
Seller ID: 016204
Keywords: bent's fort, exploration, fur trade, indian wars, indians, jim bridger, kit carson, mountain men, overland travel, santa fe trail