La Junta, Colorado - The blacksmith shop at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.

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La Junta, Colorado - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. The fort was an important trading post on the Santa Fe Trail in the 1830s and 1840s as the United States expanded southwest into what was then Mexico. A National Park Service employee demonstrates metalworking in the blacksmith's shop.

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Size: 3486px × 5230px
Location: La Junta, Colorado USA
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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