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Bents Creek |
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Borger,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 44' 39.34065999984",
-101° 25' 4.7277500016"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Named for Charles (1799-1847) and William Bent (1809-1869), famed for frontier trading with mountain men and wild Indians. As early as 1835 they came from their headquarters near present La Junta, Colorado, to trade with the Kiowas and Comanches along the Canadian River, in this vicinity. They built at least three posts along the river and tributary creeks; most permanent post was Fort Adobe, built 1843-1844. In the ruins of this fort (northeast of here) Kit Carson fought his last big Indian battle (1854), and buffalo hunters and Indians fought the Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874. (1971)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Bents Creek Historical Marker Location Map, Borger, Texas
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