Historic Fort Lupton is a fur-trader, mountain man era civilian fort. The Platte Valley Historical Society, 7 years ago, decided the fort needed to be restored and preserved.This Saturday, May 11, was the 7th annual Fort Lupton Heritage Festival, which is intended as a fundraiser for the project. My living history group, the Renaissance Scots, were as usual invited to participate. Seems this year is the Forts 175th anniversary!



We got camp set-up finished at dusk, and as the lighting was absolutely beautiful, I decided I had to go around and take some pictures. Here's the Fort at dusk!



The wall, as you can see in this picture, is not quite complete. This opening allows vehicles to haul equipment and materials, like enormous logs, into the Fort.



These were some of our neighbors:





In this one, on the right hand side, you can see the mark of the Roman Legion right next to us.



They had a roped off area that they told us had become Hadrian's Rope, hoping to keep us from raiding their camp!

Nighttime in the Fort! Notice the candle lamps burning in every window!





Inside the cantina. The place was hopping! I had to wait for a while to get these shots. I tried getting pictures of the people there, but the light was too dim and they didn't come out.