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About Lancaster Lupton
- Lancaster Platt Lupton (September 21, 1807 – October 1, 1885) was the son of William Lupton, Jr.
- (a New York City Lawyer).
- He attended West Point, graduating with the class of 1829.
- In 1835, Lieutenant Lupton was a member of Colonel Henry Dodge's United States Regiment of Dragoons when they passed through the South Platte Valley in what would become the state of Colorado.
- Lupton saw the potential for a successful trading post on the banks of the South Platte River.
- He resigned his commission and returned the next year to build Fort Lancaster, later called Fort Lupton. Lupton took Tomas, the daughter of an Indian Chief, as his wife.
- They remained married until his death in 1885. Fort Lancaster operated as a fur trading post until 1844, when a particularly harsh blizzard caused the fort to close and Lupton moved his family south to an area near modern-day Pueblo, Colorado.
- Later, they moved to California during the 1849 Gold Rush.
- Lupton lived in California until his death in 1885.
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