Here's something different to do during the holidays; Bent’s Old Fort National Historic
Site will celebrate the holidays in 1840s fashion beginning on Friday evening,
December 5 and continuing all through the day on Saturday, December 6.
Events
begin with guided candlelight
tours through the fort starting at 6:30 pm on Friday, December 5.
Groups depart at 15 minute intervals and are
led through the rooms of the fort interacting with fort inhabitants
preparing
for or celebrating the holidays as they might have in 1846.
Reservations are needed for these tours. As of November 25, about 75
slots remain for
the Friday night tours.
On Saturday, December 6, festivities
will continue all day. The fort will
open at 9 am with the first event being toy-making in the carpenter’s shop
beginning at 9:30. Wagon rides down to
the river and through the woods will begin at 11 am. Afternoon activities will include a taffy
pull, more toy-making, a piñata break (2 pm), and a Yule log hunt (2:30
pm). The fort will close at 4 pm and
then reopen for candlelight tours at 5 pm.
No reservations remain for the candlelight tours on Saturday as all slots
are already filled.
Even at an outpost far from home for
many, the holidays were a memorable time for the men and women of the
fort. Over 50 living history volunteers
will bring those times to life during this event and offer a glimpse into the
meaning of the season for the fort’s diverse occupants.
