Volume 74
Public Law 86–487
Authorizing the establishment of a national historic site at Bent’s Old Fort, near La Junta, Colorado.
Approved June 3, 1960
Statutory text
AN ACT
Authorizing the establishment of a national historic site at Bent’s Old Fort, near La Junta, Colorado.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site.
of the Interior shall acquire, on behalf of the United States, by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such lands, interests therein and improvements thereon, as the Secretary may deem necessary for the purpose of establishing a national historic site at the site of Bent’s Old Fort on the Old Santa Fe Trail, located in Otero County, Colorado, approximately seven miles east of La Junta, north of the Arkansas River.
Sec. 2.
The property acquired under the provisions of the first section of this Act shall be designated as the Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site and shall be set aside as a public national memorial to commemorate the historic role played by such fort in the opening of the West. The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall administer, protect, and develop such monument, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and the Act entitled
“An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes”, approved August 21, 1935, as amended.
16 USC 461–467.
In order to provide for the proper development and maintenance of such national historic site, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct and maintain therein such markers, buildings, and other improvements, and such facilities for the care and accommodation of visitors, as he may deem necessary.
Sec. 3.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums
Appropriation.
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Approved June 3, 1960.