Rebuilding the Past for the Future

The South Platte Valley Historical Society has a mission to preserve the history of the South Platte Valley area.  The Society is creating a one-hundred acre history park on the north side of Fort Lupton with facilities dedicated to education and historic interpretation

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Historic Park is open for Public Visitation until Oct 31.

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It will be here soon! Come and enjoy historic Trapper Days events at the South Platte Valley Historical Park on SEPTEMBER 7!
The historic Fort will be open with living history guides demonstrating blacksmithing, early carpentry skills, historic cooking, and spinning and weaving.  There will be a mountain man encampment with traders and trappers. All the historic park buildings will be open for viewing with docents available to explain the building's history and answer your questions.  The SPVHS Historic Park is celebrating Trapper Days in conjunction with the City of Fort Lupton.

Trapper Days Events at the Historic Park: Click Events Schedule
See the Trapper Days Rendezvous Flyer -- Click FLYER
​To see the City of Fort Lupton Trapper Days events visit  https://www.fortlupton.org/472/Trapper-Days

The South Platte Valley Historical Society is going to have a Barn Raising
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SPVHS is in the process of raising funds to build a 19th Century style post & beam barn reminiscent of those on farms and ranches throughout the agricultural areas of the South Platte Valley.  Go to the Farm Barn page on this website under the Historic Park menu to learn more, or click HERE to go to that page.

Visit the Society's South Platte Valley Historical Park - Lupton's Fort and the South Platte Valley Settlement

Hours of Operation( normal, non-event hours) are from May 1 to Oct 31
 
     Saturday:        10 AM - 4 PM
     Sunday:        10 AM - 4 PM
​Historic Park Admission:

​SPVHS Members: FREE
Visitor donations to support the society are welcome. Suggested donations are:
Adult (18 to 60): $4.00
Senior (60+) & Military: $3.00
Youth (6 to18): $2.00
 
Directions

Northwest of the city of Fort Lupton off of Highway 85.  The historical park is 1/4 mile West of Highway 85 off of County Road 141/2. Turn right onto Historic Park Way.


Address: 2001 Historic Park Way, Fort Lupton, CO 80621

  • 9 miles west of Interstate 76 on Highway 52
  • 10 miles east of Interstate 25
  • 30 miles from the Denver International Airport (DIA), Denver, Boulder, and Greeley
  • Less than one hours drive north of most locations in the Denver Metro area