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Antoine Robidoux and Fort Uncompahgre ~ With these descriptions of Antoine Robidoux and Fort Uncompahgre historian and author Ken Reyher sets the stage for a remarkable journey in the history of the pioneer fur trapper Antoine Roibidoux This is a remarkable book While the literature is replete with stories of miners and settlers of western Colorado there is scant information on the
Fort Uncompahgre History ~ Fort Uncompahgre was constructed in 1828 by Antoine Robidoux a trader based out of Mexican Santa Fe The post was situated about two miles down from the confluence of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers near the present day community of Delta in Western Colorado
Antoine Robidoux 13 November 1837 – An Historic Inscription ~ Antoine Robidoux 13 November 1837 – An Historic Inscription Antoine Robidoux inscription Westwater Canyon Utah Photo Peter Faris 2001 On the wall of what is now named Westwater Canyon in the Bookcliffs of Grand County in eastern Utah about 5 miles west of the UtahColorado border there is a concentration of rock from Archaic to historic the pictographs and petroglyphs
Fort Uncompahgre ~ Fort Uncompahgre Fort Uncompahgre was constructed in 1828 by Antoine Robidoux a trader based out of Mexican Santa Fe The post was situated about two miles down from the confluence of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers near the present day community of Delta in Western Colorado
Robidoux Encampment at the Fort on the Old Spanish Trail ~ Robidoux Encampment at the Fort on the Old Spanish Trail Welcome Tour Fort Uncompahgre History Antoine Robidoux 13 November 1837 – An Historic Inscription
Fort Uncompahgre Colorado – Legends of America ~ Fort Uncompahgre 18281844 – Pronounced “uncomepawgray” this nonmilitary trading post was established in 1828 by Antoine Robidoux an influential trader out of Santa Fe New Mexico near the presentday city of Delta Colorado The post was located about two miles down from the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers
Antoine Robidoux History to Go ~ Antoine Robidoux was born in 1794 one of five sons of Joseph Robidoux Sr FrenchCanadian owner of a St Louis–based fur trading company One or another of the Robidoux men are mentioned in many an explorer and immigrant journal of the 1840s and 50s For the Robidoux family was a prolific clan
Antoine Robidoux Wikipedia ~ Both Fort Uncompahgre and Fort Robidoux were evidently attacked and destroyed by Utes in 1844 just as the fur trade was declining with changes in the European market These circumstances prompted Robidoux to quickly abandon his fur enterprise and return east to St Joseph
Fort Uncompahgre ~ The Fort remained in operation until the mid 1840’s before being attacked by a band of Ute Indians It has been speculated that the attack on Fort Uncompahgre was the result of built up Ute hostility stemming from the introduction of “Taos lightning” in the 1840’s
Tour ~ At any one time Fort Uncompahgre would have had from fifteen to twentyfive individuals living and working out of the post All employees were Mexican from the Santa Fe and Taos areas Robidoux spent long periods away from Fort Uncompahgre and left in charge either one of his brothers or a clerk and one of the older more experienced employess
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