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Fort Uncompahgre

Field	Value
name	Fort Uncompahgre
settlement_type	Trading post and fort
image_skyline	92710014 Fort Uncompahgre.jpg
image_caption	The entrance to Fort Uncompahgre, originally built in 1828 and rebuilt in 1990
nickname	Fort Robidoux
pushpin_map	Colorado
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Colorado
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Delta
subdivision_type3	Nearest town
subdivision_name3	Delta
unit_pref	US
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Fort Uncompahgre was a fur trading post constructed in 1828 by Antoine Robidoux, a trader based out of Mexican Santa Fe. The post was situated about two miles down from the confluence of the Gunnison River and the Uncompahgre River, near the present day community of Delta, Colorado. Its design was more to secure goods and livestock than to be defensive, and was abandoned in 1844 when hostilities broke out between Ute and Mexicans.

In 1989–1990, local historian William Bailey headed up a group that reconstructed the fort. This reconstruction of the fur trading post is open to the public, although the precise location of the original site has been lost and little is known about the original construction or layout.

References

"Fort Uncompahgre". Michael Schaubs.
O’Rourke, Paul. "Antoine Robidoux, Notorious Trapping and Trading Entrepreneur". Telluride Magazine.
"Fort Uncompahgre". Southwest Colorado Heritage.

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