Fort Garland Museum/Pike's Stockade
29477 Highway 159
Fort Garland, Colorado 81133
719-379-3512

   
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Fort Garland Museum

Walk the parade ground of the fort once commanded by legendary frontiersman Kit Carson.  Established in 1858, Fort Garland had a garrison of over 100 men and served to protect the earliest settlers in the San Luis Valley.  Tour the original adobe buildings on the grounds that recreate the commandant’s quarters during Carson’s time and view the folk art and culture of the Hispanic community. 

Fort Garland

 
     
Pike's Stockade
Approximately 45 miles southwest of Fort Garland is Pike's Stockade on the Conejos River, where Zebulon Pike and his men camped during the cold winter of 1806 and 1807. The stockade was reconstructed from notes in Pike's journal. 

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