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Fort Saint Vrain,CO - c1860-1861 - St. Vrain Early Denver Bill of Lading :

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Fort Saint Vrain,CO - c1860-1861 - St. Vrain Early Denver Bill of Lading :
Handwritten and issued to Sir Charles Autibie July 1860 to June 1861 for various goods: saddles, bridles, powder horn, powder, hoes, mill saw files, half round files totaling $405.40. St. Vrain was built twenty miles east of the Rockies as a fur trading post in what would later become the state of Colorado, just north of Fort Vasquez. The fort was named after Ceran St. Vrain, its notable builder. The fort was built at the convergences of the Platte River and Saint Vrain Creek. Ceran Saint Vrain had gone back east by the time of this bill of lading but the fort, along with the previously built Old Bent's Fort and Fort Vasquez continued trading operations. The forts were noted to have been situated in a central location for trading with Native Americans, trappers, mountain men, the robe trade of the plains as well as overland wagon train traffic out of Santa Fe [Ref: Hafen, vol I., 75]. At the time, Bent, St. Vrain & Co. issued a complaint to the Supt. Of Indian Affairs stating that "renegade Americans" had also set up shop in the area and kept large stock of Mexican whiskey "for the purpose of trading with the Indians of the country" [REF: Hafen, 77]. 6.25" x 7". Fine.