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Bookmark or Share- William Bent - WikipediaWilliam Bent. William Wells Bent (May 23, 1809 – May 19, 1869) was a frontier trader and rancher in the American West, with forts in Colorado. He also acted as a mediator among the Cheyenne Nation, other Native American tribes and the expanding United States.
- Bent's Forts - Colorado EncyclopediaBy the mid-1840s the Bents were trading tens of thousands of buffalo hides, along with other animal hides, to people living in the East. Bent’s Old Fort was located on the Santa Fé Trail, and this major trade route put William Bent at a key point on the border of the United States and Mexico.
- William Bent | Encyclopedia.comWilliam Bent was not only crucial in the expansion of the American market onto the Great Plains, but he also represents a transitional figure between the bison-based economy of the Cheyenne Indians and the eventual domination of the area by American settlers.
- William Bent - Colorado EncyclopediaWilliam Bent (1809–69) played a pivotal role in the early development of Colorado. He initially came to the area as a fur trapper but became a liaison between whites and Native Americans via his trading fort on the Arkansas River near present-day La Junta.
- Bent Brothers – Trading on the Santa Fe Trail - Legends of AmericaWilliam Bent (1809-1869) – The younger brother of Charles Bent, William was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 23, 1809. The brothers established Bent’s Fort in Colorado in 1833 to trade with the Plains Indians and area trappers.
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