CELEBRATING 150 YEARS!
This summer History Colorado's Fort Garland Museum will celebrate
the fort's150th anniversary!
Join us as we commemorate this historic milestone of the fort once commanded by the legendary frontiersman Kit Carson. Established in 1858 in southern Colorado, Fort Garland, with its garrison of over 100 men, served to protect the earliest settlers in the San Luis Valley.
 Saving the Fort Exhibit
Now Open!
Saving the Fort displays the work of the Fort Garland Historical Fair Association, as well as celebrate the fort’s rich history. “This exhibit is about a community that came together to preserve not only its own history but the history of the region and the fort’s role in westward expansion,” said Rick Manzanares, Fort Garland Museum director. “They persevered and ensured that it would be handed over to the Colorado Historical Society. The Society’s restoration work gave the old fort life and engaged Colorado’s history with its citizens, as well as shared it with the rest of the world.” |
