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EspañolCHARLES BENT
'Charles Bent' (1799-1847) was appointed as the first Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September, 1846. He was assassinated on January 19, 1847 during the Taos Revolt.
Bent was born in 1799 in Charleston, West Virginia (then Virginia), and attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. After leaving the army, he and his younger brother William in 1828 took a wagon train of goods from St. Louis to Santa Fe. There they established mercantile contacts and began a series of trading trips back and forth over the Santa Fe Trail which resulted, in 1832, in a partnership with Ceran St. Vrain, a local fur trader, called ''Bent & St. Vrain Company''.
★ Bent's Fort
★ William Bent
★ Ceran St. Vrain
★ List of assassinated American politicians
Bent was born in 1799 in Charleston, West Virginia (then Virginia), and attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. After leaving the army, he and his younger brother William in 1828 took a wagon train of goods from St. Louis to Santa Fe. There they established mercantile contacts and began a series of trading trips back and forth over the Santa Fe Trail which resulted, in 1832, in a partnership with Ceran St. Vrain, a local fur trader, called ''Bent & St. Vrain Company''.
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See also
★ Bent's Fort
★ William Bent
★ Ceran St. Vrain
★ List of assassinated American politicians
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