El Pueblo Trading Post was the first permanent settlement in what is now Pueblo. The town grew up around the abandoned ruins of the El Pueblo Trading Post, which was destroyed during a conflict between local Native Americans and fur traders known as the Christmas Tragedy of 1854. The post’s location was lost beneath the growing city.
The property now includes a re-created adobe trading post and the archaeological excavation site of the original 1842 trading post, which was rediscovered in 1989 by a college anthropology class. The Warren G. Buckles Archaeology Pavilion, named after the professor who led that class, remains open to the public.
El Pueblo History Museum
301 N Union Ave, Pueblo, CO 81003, USA (38.267374, -104.611227)
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