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High Country Talks: Early American Expeditions of the Upper Arkansas Valley

  • Buena Vista Heritage Museum 506 E. Main Street Buena Vista, CO (map)

Admission by Donation │ Doors open at 5:30

Before Buena Vista was a town, the area was home to the Ute, Arapahoe, Comanche, Cheyenne and other native tribes. Spain made early conquests into the region, and mountain men came along to trap furs. But what about early American expeditions? Well known figures like Zebulon Pike and John C. Fremont made journeys to the valley in lesser known expeditions of their own. Join us on August 27th as Trevor Mark takes us through these early campaigns into the wilderness of the Upper Arkansas River Valley.

Detail of Pike's map from 1810 — the first to depict the upper Arkansas and Pikes Peak

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