About the Society
The South Platte Valley Historical Society was founded in March of 1988.
Who we are
The primary purpose of the Society is for the preservation and maintenance of sites, structures and objects of historical significance in the South Platte Valley area, as well as related public education. These goals are to be accomplished, in part, through the establishment of an historical park representing Lupton's Fort and settlement of the South Platte Valley.
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.
The park in brief
Presently, the Society has title to approximately 100 acres of land, located just north of the community of Fort Lupton on the South Platte River, which includes the historic site of the original Fort Lancaster as Lupton's Fort was known in 1836-1843. This land makes up the South Platte Valley Historic Park that currently includes several historic structures and a large area along the Platte River on which re-enactments of the historic fur-trade era rendezvous are held.
The park contains the reconstructed Fort Lancaster, as Lancaster Lupton's Fort was known in its period of operation from 1836 to 1844. There is a trapper cabin from the 1850's, an early farm house from the late 1860's and one of Weld County's first one-room school houses from 1875.
Come visit and spend a morning or afternoon experiencing the early settlement of Colorado.
More about the society
To find out more about the South Platte Valley Historical Society, choose a page below or go explore the historic park.