[3] Restored by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, it now lies in a rather incongruous position as U.S. Route 85 splits to run either side of the building.

They built the fort in 1835 after obtaining a trading license in St. Louis, Missouri, from William Clark, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

Unable to turn a profit, they sold Fort Vasquez to Lock and Randolph in 1840 who subsequently went bankrupt and abandoned the structures in 1842.

The census taker lists him as being in Vasquez Fork AND living in Georgetown with his wife and two young sons.

It was saved, in part, due to the efforts of local resident Fern Miller, who would later become Superintendent of the Denver Mint.