Fortress
Fort Vasquez
🇺🇸 United States · 19th century
Fort Vasquez is a former fur trading post 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Denver, Colorado, United States, founded by Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette in 1835. Restored by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, it now lies in a rather incongruous position as U.S. Route 85 splits to run either side of the building. History Colorado (then the Colorado Historical Society) took possession of the property in 1958 and runs it as a museum to display exhibits of the fur-trade era.
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Fort Vasquez ranks #6,978 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #104 of the 106 mapped in United States. Founded 1835, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Fort Vasquez?
Fort Vasquez stands in the United States, at 40.19444°, -104.82028°.
When was Fort Vasquez built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1835. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort Vasquez?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,978 of 8,133 worldwide, and #104 in the United States. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort Vasquez?
Fort Laramie, about 225 km away.
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