Dissolving an Empire: Bent’s Old Fort in 1848
Dissolving an Empire: Bent’s Old Fort in 1848 La Junta, CO – 175 years ago Bent’s Old Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations with the Ch...
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National Park Service selects superintendent of High Plains Group in Colorado and New Mexico
National Park Service selects superintendent of High Plains Group in Colorado and New Mexico Denver, Colo. – The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Eric Leonard as superintendent of the High Plains Group of parks in Colorado and New Me...
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How Did Sand Creek Become Lost? Book Signing at Otero Museum April 29
Events starts on April 29, 2023, 2:00 pm to April 29, 2023, 4:00 pm
How Did Sand Creek Become Lost? Book Signing at Otero Museum April 29 LA JUNTA, CO - Mike Bowen and Chuck Bowen, co-authors, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, will be presenting on How Sand Creek Became Lost at the Otero Museum at 3rd and Anderso...
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Night at the Rocky Ford Museum: The Sugar Industry in Southeast Colorado
Events starts on April 11, 2023, 6:00 pm to April 11, 2023, 7:00 pm
Night at the Rocky Ford Museum: The Sugar Industry in Southeast Colorado Who: Chuck Hanagan, Hanagan Farms What: "From Farm to Factory." The Sugar Beet Industry's impact in Rocky Ford. Where: Rocky Ford Museum, 1005 Sycamore Ave., Rocky Ford, Colo...
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2023 Santa Fe Trail Day Art Show Announces Free Entry for Artists
2023 Santa Fe Trail Day Art Show Announces Free Entry for Artists For 18 years, the Bent County Art Guild has been hosting a “Santa Fe Trail Day” Art Show. We are excited to announce that this year the Art Guild has changed everything ...
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April 8, 2023: Boggsville Clean-up Day
Events starts on April 8, 2023, 9:00 am to April 8, 2023, 12:00 pm
April 8, 2023: Boggsville Clean-up Day By Larry Bourne Boggsville clean up day is rapidly approaching, and I am hoping for a warm day to get the site ready for this season’s visitors. For you who have not been to Boggsville as of late you wi...
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Rawlings Museum Hosts Santa Fe Trail Timeline Traveling Exhibit in Las Animas
Rawlings Museum Hosts Santa Fe Trail Timeline Traveling Exhibit in Las Animas Bent County Historical Society and their partner, Bent’s Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail, are proud to announce that the Santa Fe Trail Timeline Traveling Exhib...
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Prowers County Historical Society Presents Homesteads Program April 20, 2023
Events starts on April 20, 2023, 7:00 pm to April 20, 2023, 8:30 pm
Prowers County Historical Society: Where Did They Settle and How Do I Find It? Prowers County Historical Society invites you to a free program about homesteads. Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:00 p.m. at Big Timbers Museum presented by Jennifer Goodlan...
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J.W. Rawlings Museum Celebrated Seniors March 15th, 2023
J.W. Rawlings Museum Celebrated Seniors March 15th, 2023 The Museum honored our seniors March 15th with a free St. Patrick’s Day themed celebration! Seniors from the Senior Opportunity Center; the Bent County HealthCare System Nursing Home a...
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JW Rawlings Museum Celebrates St. Patrick's Day with Seniors March 15th
Events starts on March 15, 2023, 11:00 am to March 15, 2023, 3:30 pm
The Museum will honor all seniors March 15th with a free St. Patrick’s Day themed celebration! Activities will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Grand Hall. Seniors from the Senior Opportunity Center; the Bent County HealthCare System Nursing Home;...
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