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    Charles Bent (November 11, 1799 – January 19, 1847) was an American businessman and politician who served as the first civilian United States governor...
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    the Taos Plaza, this street was the location of Governor Charles Bent's home. Governor Bent was scalped and killed by Pueblo warriors during the Taos...
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    William Wells Bent (May 23, 1809 – May 19, 1869) was a frontier trader and rancher in the American West, with forts in Colorado. He also acted as a mediator...
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    Bent's Old Fort is a fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, United States. A company owned by Charles Bent and William Bent and Ceran...
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    in 1842 when she was 14 years old. They were introduced by Governor Charles Bent, who married Jaramillo's sister, Maria Ignacia. Jaramillo's father had...
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    Sir Charles Bent Ball, 1st Baronet, Hon FRCS MD FRCSI (21 February 1851 – 17 March 1916) was an Irish surgeon and an honorary surgeon to the King in Ireland...
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  • Charles Michael Bent was an English composer of chess endgame studies. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire on 27 November 1919 and died on 28 December 2004...
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    Governor Bent House is the historic home of Governor Charles Bent who served as the first United States territorial governor of New Mexico. In 1846 Charles Bent...
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    northern New Mexico during the Mexican–American War. Provisional governor Charles Bent and several other Americans were killed by the rebels. In two short campaigns...
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    had a son by William Bent; Charles Bent, a half-brother to the others, was born in 1845. These two women had both left William Bent by 1867. He married...
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  • as a Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court from 1817 to 1821. His son, Charles Bent, was a fur trader and appointed as the first territorial governor of...
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    times with Charles X, Charles XI, Charles XII, Charles XIII, Charles XIV and Charles XV. Charles I of England (1600–1649) is followed by Charles II of England...
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    Puebloans to Charles Bent's house in the town of Taos. The governor was shot with arrows, scalped, and killed. Following the death of Bent and several...
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    William Bent after his heroic efforts in a battle in 1847 at Taos after the death of Charles Bent. Dick, who has been stationed with Charles Bent in Santa...
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    with American traders William, George and Charles Bent; together they established the trading post of Bent's Fort. It was the only privately held fort...
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    Colorado. The couple and Dick's brother Andrew came to the fort with Charles and William Bent in the early 1800s and became key figures in the history of the...
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    Retrieved 2024-07-14 – via Internet Archive. "Austin Bent, son of Charles Bent, operator of Bent's Camp". Wausau Daily Herald. Wausau, Wisconsin. August...
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  • Trivium Amel Bent (born 1985), French singer Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954), American ornithologist Bruce R. Bent, American financier Charles Bent (1799–1847)...
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    Sterling Price in command of U.S. forces in New Mexico. He appointed Charles Bent as New Mexico's first territorial governor. Following Kearny's departure...
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    Robert Preston: Forever the Music Man, written by Debra Warren. Champlin, Charles (March 23, 1987). "The 'Music Man' --and His Song". Los Angeles Times....
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    includes the Ernest L. Blumenschein House, Harwood Museum of Art, Governor Charles Bent House, Taos Inn, John Dunn House, Taos Art Museum, and the Nicolai Fechin...
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    Hopestill Bent was the great-grandfather of Silas Bent Jr. and great-great-grandfather of Charles Bent, the trader and first territorial Governor of New...
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  • reported as 2,500 warriors. Indian Affairs 1837 reported 19,200 people. Charles Bent in 1847 reported that they had 2,500 lodges. Indian Affairs 1849 reported...
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  • At the beginning of the revolt, "Tomacito leaned over the governor's (Charles Bent) still living form and raked a bowstring over his scalp, pulling away...
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    American heritage. Santa Fe Trail traders included Charles Bent and William Bent who operated Bent's Fort. Goods produced in Taos included furs, blankets...
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    1843, Beaubien and Miranda signed away one-fourth of their grant to Charles Bent in exchange for help in establishing ranches along the Ponil, Vermejo...
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    fled to Chihuahua. The new governor, Charles Bent, was a prosperous fur trader who hailed from Virginia. By 1835, Bent settled in Taos and married a local...
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    from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2016. "Presenting Charles Boyer". RadioGOLDINdex. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved...
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  • jeweler and watchmaker Charles Bent Ball (1851–1916), Irish surgeon Charles Richard Ball (1833–1918), Anglican priest Charles Clyde Ball (1881–1955),...
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  • States. Bent, St. Vrain & Company was formed as a partnership between Charles Bent and Ceran St. Vrain in 1830. The following year, William Bent, brother...
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