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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Riverways: Sustenance and Safety

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Which route would you take? Would it be the shorter Cimarron with multiple river crossings and no trading post or the longer Mountain route that travels beside the Arkansas past Bent's Fort? Josiah Gregg's journal describes the dangers faced on the Santa Fe Trail due to the presence or absence of water in the region's rivers. This lesson challenges learners to consider how proximity to water presented benefits and dangers during the fur trade era.