Discover Southwest Colorado 2012

DiscoverSoutheast Colorado

2012Travel andTourismGuideFor Southern Colorado

There is something for everyonein Southeast Colorado at the Crossroads of America

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INDEX FROM THEPUBLISHERColorado Welcome Center ........ Page 4

Engine 1819 .......................... Page 5

On the Rails .......................... Page 10

Area History Preserved ........... Page 12

Wondrous Canyonlands ......... Page 14

Boating & Fishing Guide ......... Page 20

John Martin Reservoir ............ Page 24

Prehistoric History ................. Page 25

Amache Internment Camp ...... Page 28

The Arts ................................ Page 29

Sand Creek Massacre Landmark

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Calendar of Events ................ Page 32

Wildlife Photography .............. Page 34

Holly Bluegrass Festival ......... Page 37

Lodging Guide ....................... Page 30

Golf Courses ......................... Page 40

Chambers of Commerce ........ Page 41

Church Directory ................... Page 42

N o matter what yourinterests are, or thetime of year, there

is always something to doin Southeast Colorado.Visitors and residentsalike will find much to sat-isfy their spirit of adven-ture. Nature lovers will en-joy the abundant wildlifethat populates the region.Herds of antelope anddeer can be seen yearround and birding here isexceptional.

For the photographer,there are great opportuni-ties to capture a wide vari-ety of wildlife that inhabitthe prairie. Birders willfind least tern, piping plov-er, lesser prairie chicken,snow geese, blue heron,burrowing owl, and larkbuntings to name but afew varieties that frequentthe region. A morningdrive on a country roadwill reveal an abundanceof majestic birds of preyincluding hawks and nu-merous nesting eagles.You will enjoy reading lo-cal photographer JillSmith’s story in this maga-zine about her experiencescapturing area wildlifewith her camera.

Southeastern Coloradois still home to farm andranch families whose par-ents and grandparentscame to the region to buildan independent life on theprairie. Many of thoseoriginal homesteadershave relatives who still liveand work on the land here.These friendly, hardwork-ing folks will readily share

their stories and steer youto points of interest youwill want to explore whileyou are in the area.

History lovers will findthe descendants of thehardy souls who settledsoutheast Colorado havedone a fine job of preserv-ing and protecting the arti-facts that tell the story ofbuilding a life in the Amer-ican West. Be sure to en-joy the stories by LanceMaggart and Kristin Lub-bers about the role of therailroad in building thewest and the fascinatingstory of moving a massive,early 1900s locomotive toits current location at theColorado Welcome Centerin Lamar.

The area boasts a re-markable number of giftedartists, but is also thehome to carefully pre-served and protected an-cient cave art. There arealso dinosaur tracks in thearea which are described,along with photos, in thepages of Discover thisyear.

With its big sky and ex-pansive views of the land-scape it is no wonder thatso many artists, artisans,musicians, and writersmake their homes here.Whether you are here fora few days or are consider-ing relocating to southeastColorado, we hope youwill find this guide helpfulin learning about the area.Enjoy!

Mary Breslin, Publisher

ON THE COVERJohn Contreras The Lamar Ledger

This photo of young cowboy Heston Seufer was takenat the Holly fair.

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COLORADOCOLORADOCOLORADO WELCOME CENTERWELCOME CENTERWELCOME CENTERThe adventurebegins here

T he Colorado WelcomeCenter in Lamar isone of the10 state wel-

come centers in Colorado.Lamar was selected to repre-sent the state as a WelcomeCenter site because it is in-tersected by three U.S. high-ways: 50, 287, and 385.Thecenter is located in a historic1907 Railroad Depot whichhas twice-daily Amtrak serv-ice between Chicago andLos Angeles.

The center is open sevendays a week from 8 a.m. to5.m. during winter monthsand from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.from Memorial Day to LaborDay, and closed only on NewYear’s Day, Easter, Thanks-

giving, and Christmas. Vol-unteers are available to as-sist travelers with their plansand answer any questionsabout Colorado. The Colo-rado Vacation Guides covereach region of the state.These will give a generaloverview of areas of interestand information about eachregion. Individual brochuresof specific attractions arealso available to enhance theinformation shown in theguides. There are also bro-chures covering heritagesites and museums; scenichighways and byways; gal-leries and performing art lo-cations; sports arenas, andgolf courses just to name a

few.The Welcome Center also

has information covering allthe state parks. To enhancethis information, visitors willfind the Colorado NationalParks guide and regularcamping guides. The Divi-sion of Wildlife supplieshunting, boating and fishinginformation, including a vid-eo about watchable wild-lifeand Web sites to visiting onthe Colorado Birding Trail.Travelers are encouraged tostop at any Colorado Wel-come Centers to plan theirnext vacation.

The nine Colorado Wel-come Centers, sponsored bythe state of Colorado, are lo-cated at main highway en-trances. Operating funds areallocated annually by the leg-islature. In addition to thewelcome centers, the state

provides funding for informa-tion services and marketing,which is administeredthrough the Colorado Traveland Tourism Authority un-der the direction of the Colo-rado tourism Board and theGovernor’s Office of Eco-nomic Development and In-ternational Trade.

Other Welcome Centersare located at Burlington andFruita on I-70; Julesburg onI-76; Trinidad on I-25; Cortezon U.S. Highway 160; Dino-saur on U.S. Highway 40; ;Red Rocks on 17100 TradingPost Road-I 70; AlamosaHighway 160 and the RioGrande and at Fort Collinson I-25. Travelers are invitedto call the Colorado Wel-come Center at Lamar man-ager, Judy Douglass at 3363483for further informationor assistance.

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ONE EIGHTONE EIGHTONE EIGHT ONE NINEONE NINEONE NINEBy Lance MaggartThe Lamar Ledger

T he 1819. It’s historic.It’s iconic. It’s a smallpiece of a much great-

er history, the AmericanWest.

This small corner of Colo-rado was once awash in thehazy dust driven up from un-der wagons and beaten fromthe prairie by the hooves ofcattle crossing this land. Thesettlers and the lawmen, thecowboys and the Indians, thedrunks and drifters andranch hands and rustlers; allof them were endlessly mov-ing towards one place. A life-line of steel running east towest like the veins of thisgreat nation, the railroad —The beacon of the frontier.

Even 100 years ago thetowns throughout this re-gion centered on and livedlife because of the railroad.Small plumes of black smokecould be seen daily billowingfrom the stacks of the en-gines belching burnt coal asthey shuffled and churnedthrough an ocean of buffalograss. The railroads broughtthe people west, but it wasmore than just a means oftravel. The railroads andtheir powerful steam engineswere the wonders of the in-dustrial age. They weremighty machines of man thatconquered whole continents.

Those days are gone nowand the railroad that wasonce the centerpiece of ev-ery community on the plainsis often times an after-thought in most of our lives.Likewise the great Engine1819. No statue, or toy; nothe 1819 was a workhorse.

We are very thankful toTom Betz of the Lamar DailyNews who had previously

compiled a great deal of in-formation on Engine 1819during the early 1990s. Atthat time the engine wasmoved for the second timefrom the city complex nextto the old Carnegie Librarydown Fourth Street in Lamarto its current location next tothe Santa Fe train depot.

Forged in the fires of theBaldwin Locomotive Worksin Philadelphia Penn. andbuilt to carry freight acrossthe plains like oxen carryingpioneers, the 1819 was builtin the early 1900’s at theheight of locomotive produc-tion in the U.S. around 1905or 06’ when the Baldwin Lo-comotive Works completedan order of “Prairie type”1800 Class locomotives forthe Atchison, Topeka & San-ta Fe Railway.

Frank M. Ellington, a for-mer Santa Fe shopmanwrote a book titled “Steam

Locomotives of the Santa Fe.A former Shopman’s Scrap-book.” In it he outlines thebasic history and specifica-tions of the “Prairie type”steam engines. In his bookEllington quotes an Ameri-can Engineer and RailroadJournal article printed in No-vember 1906 at length.

“The Baldwin LocomotiveWorks are delivering to theAtchison, Topeka & Santa FeRailway an order of verylarge and powerful Prairie-type locomotives for fastfreight services. They are ofthe Baldwin balanced com-pound design, and in orderto embody this design withthis type of locomotive andescape the use of bi-furcatedinside main rod for spanningthe front axle, the high-pres-sure cylinders have beenraised and inclined suffi-ciently to allow the insidemain rod to pass above the

front driving axle. “ThePrairie type locomotive forfast freight service, which in-cidentally includes low speedheavy passenger service, isbecoming quite common incertain sections on Westernrailroads. During the pastfew months there has beensuch a design for the Chica-go, Burlington and QuincyRailway, where the type hasbeen in very general use forover five years, and a similarengine for the Northern Pa-cific Railway.

“This one for the Santa Fe,however, is larger and morepowerful than either of theprevious ones, and it alsohas the further advantage ofbeing a balanced compound.

“These locomotives weigh248,200 lbs. of which 174,000lbs. or over 70 percent, is onthe drivers, making them theheaviest Prairie type for ei-

See ENGINE 1819, pg. 6

John Contreras The Lamar Ledger

Engine 1819 and the great move


ONE EIGHTONE EIGHTONE EIGHT ONE NINEONE NINEONE NINEENGINE 1819 from page 5ther freight or passengerservice which we have onour records. The factor of ad-hesion is 4.7 and the engineweighs 62. per sq. ft. of totalheating surface. The rigidwheel base is 13 ft. 8 inches.The engine was designed for16 degree curves.”

Also, from “The RailroadGazette” of April 9, 1906.“These locomotives are in-tended for fast freight serv-ice on a part of the Santa Fehaving 10 degree curves,and with grades from .6 to1.25 percent. Heretofore, thebalanced compound hasbeen considered as eexclusi-vely a type for heavy passen-ger service, chiefly becausethe perfect balancing ob-tained made possible high

speeds and greater adhesiveweight per axle.

“The application of theprinciple to locomotives forfast freight service is novel,but entirely in line with thedemand for quick transporta-tion of perishable commodi-ties. The growing traffic infruit and Oriental importsfrom California has resultedin the adoption of throughfreight schedules by thetranscontinental roads,which today exceed in aver-age speed the passengerschedules of a few years ago.

“These locomotives withtheir large boilers and amplecylinder dimensions, will beable to handle these fastfreights in better time andwith more reliability thanever before.”

The 1819 cost $23, 239.51when brand new. Accordingto Santa Fe, after 47 years ofservice Engine 1819 was re-tired in October of 1953. Ittraveled a total of 916,626miles during its tenure andhandled freight, passengersand switch duties in the“Middle Division” of Missou-ri, Kansas and Colorado.

During its years of servicethe engine underwent sever-al conversions, the first inNovember 1927. At that timethe engine was convertedfrom compound to simpleand Waiscaert Valves wereadded. In October 1930 aSchmidt Superheater wasadded. Finally in Sept of1941 the 1819 was convertedfrom coal to oil and NationalDraft Gear was added.

Engine 1819 rests at the

historic Santa Fe Train De-pot in Lamar Colorado. It sitsraised above the street andsidewalk on a compactedhardened bed to support theimmense weight of the en-gine and its tender. Thesame rails have been under-neath the 1819 for 56 years,since it was donated to theCity of Lamar in 1956. Themighty 1800 Class “Prairie”type designed for fast freightservices on the great plainsand throughout the west,now serves as a local histori-cal landmark and tourist at-traction, a must see for anytrain or railroad enthusiast.

The 1819 traveled a total of916,626 miles in its careerwith the Santa Fe. It hasmade two trips, albeit muchshorter ones, since retire-

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ment. Now it can claim916,626 miles, and 10 blocks.

On two separate occasionsthe 1819 has slowly workedits way through the streets ofLamar, being dragged inchby inch down Fourth Streetto the Carnegie Library inFebruary of 1956. It com-pleted the round trip 35years later when it waspulled, on the same routedown Fourth Street, back tothe Santa Fe depot.

When the train was origi-nally moved in 1956 it waspulled using winch trucksover the course of five days.When City of Lamar crewsand others who had volun-teered to move the 1819back in 1991 they initially ex-pected to complete the movein four days. However a cou-ple of minor complicationscaused the move to take fourdays and some change.

To prepare for the move-ment of engine 1819 SantaFe provided the city with 12sections of track with thecorresponding cross ties.Each section of track was 39feet long. With all the sec-tions of track connected endto end the 1819 could bemoved a total of 468 feet atone time. To move the quar-ter million pound steam en-

gine Lupe Adam of A&BRoustabout donated the useof his 48,000 pound “rig-up”truck. A massive and impres-sive machine in its own rite,Adame said of his “rig-up”truck, “ She pulled that thingevery inch of the way.”

On the very first day theproject began, Monday Janu-ary 21, 1991, crews from San-ta Fe, Southeast ColoradoPower, the City of Las Ani-mas, the Lamar Utility De-partment, the Lamar StreetDepartment, and A&BRoustabout began movingthe 1819. The crews hadonly moved the train 150 feetwhen the idler wheels de-railed. The train literallyslipped right off its rails andcame to a rest on the crossties beneath. Luckily no onewas injured. Adame said, “Iwas just glad the thing didn’ttip over. If the ground hadbeen too soft underneath,we’d have been in trouble.”Crews from Santa Fe used“re-railer frogs” to get thetrain back on its tracks andmoving on down the shortline.

Moving the engine fromits old location near the Car-negie Library required workcrews to not only move thehuge engine but also get itup and over the curb of the

parking lot of the city com-plex. A seemingly simpletask that proved incrediblydifficult. Workmen had toform dirt braces around thecurb and gutter while crossties where laid and the railsput down. However the traincould not simply be pulledout onto Fourth Street be-cause it had to make a slightturn so it could merge ontothe north south bound road.

Moving the train at all wasno laughing matter. Thewheels had become rustedand immobile; it is believedthat the flood of 1965 nega-tively affected the “idlerjoint” and also contributedsignificantly to the rusting.Adame said he rememberedworkmen from Santa Fe us-ing diesel fuel to lubricatethe wheels and break themfree from their rusty bonds.However even after gettingthe wheels moving again theact of having the train maketurns proved to be the mostdifficult part of the entiretask. The 1819 made twoturns during the return tripof 1991; once while movingout of the city complex park-ing lot onto Fourth Street,the other was turning fromfourth onto Beech Street.

According to Lupe Adamewhen the train was makingits turns, “I pulled that as faras I could forward. Then we

laid track with a bit of acurve and pulled it back.Then we laid track again,and turned the track a littlebit one way. Then we didthat to it until we got itwhere we wanted it.”

After finally completingthe complicated turn fromFourth onto Beech Streetthe 1819 was ready to bemoved onto its current rest-ing place — back onto thesame rails it sat on the previ-ous 35 years at the city com-plex. However, to transferthe engine from the mainlinetracks used to move it ontothe regular rails a specialsection of track was neededto go between the two.Workmen completed turningthe train onto Beech Streetlate on Thursday January 24,1991. After resuming work at8 a.m. engine 1819 was atlast set into final position atapproximately 10:20 a.m. onFriday morning January 25,1991.

Engine 1819 is a part ofthe legacy of the AmericanWest. It has traveled the sto-ried rail lines of the westernU.S. and now rests in retire-ment on the high plains inLamar. The 1819 is a gem,and an heirloom. It is part ofa great treasure trove of his-tory found here in southeast-ern Colorado.

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ON THEON THEON THE RAILSRAILSRAILSRailroads built agriculture, cattle industryBy Kristin LubbersThe Lamar Ledger

I n the early 1860s, theHomestead Act waspassed providing “free”

land to anyone willing to stakea claim and make improve-ments upon it. Settlers couldhave 160 acres in the centralplains to farm or raise live-stock. Settlers flocked fromthe southern and easternUnited States to take advan-tage of this great opportunity.Through the Homestead Act,southeastern Colorado quick-ly became more populated.Towns were built and econo-mies established. But as thenetwork of railroads was cre-ated, even some of the morestable towns based on agricul-ture would fail and be aban-doned if the railroad decidedto bypass that location.

In the early days of Colo-rado and westward expansion,having a railroad station couldmake or break a town. Rail-road access was a means ofsurvival to the first settlers ofsoutheastern Colorado. Itmeant easier access to goodsand information; it was a con-nection to the outside worldfor people in these settle-ments far-removed from therest of the country. It comesas no surprise then, that exist-ing towns fought for the op-portunity to have a railway gothrough their land, while loca-tions for new settlementswere determined by the rail-way line.

The railroad affected almostevery aspect of a town. Therailroad, from its land grants,often sold the town the veryland it stood upon. Railwaypromoters would bring in in-vestors from nearby towns tobuild commerce and jumps-tart the economy. It broughtbuilding supplies that couldn’tbe had locally. What isn’t nec-essarily apparent, however, ishow the railroad affected the

industry of a particular area.Today, southeastern Coloradois known largely for agricul-ture and the raising of live-stock. Farming, though it hassubstantially grown in scale,has been a way of life in thisarea since it was populated byIndian tribes. Raising live-stock, namely cattle andsheep, has played a large partin the southeastern Coloradoeconomy since Colorado be-came a territory. The railroad,in its efforts to increase itsown revenues, greatly affect-ed both industries.

LivestockBefore explorers came

through the area,southeastern Colorado was avast expanse of rolling plainscovered in tall grasses andbroken by rivers and streams.These conditions supported alarge population of buffalo,which were hunted by theIndian tribes living in thearea. As pioneers made theirway west, they also huntedthe buffalo. As the railroadadvanced, bringing with it alarger settler populationthroughout Colorado, thedemand for meat was toohigh and the buffalo herdswere thinned rapidly. In this,settlers saw an opportunity.The land was perfect forpasture, so cattle and sheepwere brought to the area.

The cattle industry grewquickly in the Arkansas Valleyas it did in much of thecentral plains – there was a lotof space and the land waseither free or very cheap. Inthe 1870s, the Santa FeRailroad reported shippingbetween 70,000 and 90,000head of cattle each year.Larger cities east and westbecame dependent on thislivestock.

But as settlers flooded in bythe trainload due to theHomestead Act and itsrevisions, the cattle industrythat once had free reign of the

area was confined. As newfarmers came in, they took upthe land where herds hadgrazed. This greatly lessenedthe livestock production ofsoutheastern Colorado.

This did not, however,bring an end to raisinglivestock. As agricultureprospered, it brought industryto the area. Various millswere built and the railroadwas pressed into service toship the processed crops.Goods were processed locally,building the economy andraising prices. Many big cattlecompanies in Californiacouldn’t afford to have thefeed shipped overland bytrain. This led to therelocation of several big cattlebusinesses so that they werecloser to the production offeed. This brought cattle backto the central plains includingsoutheastern Colorado,Kansas and Texas.

AgricultureWhile raising cattle still

plays a large part in the localeconomy, agriculture hastaken over as the largestindustry. The railroad playeda large role in creating theagriculture that we associatewith southeastern Coloradotoday.

The key to the railroad’ssuccess was high traffic – themore people riding the rails,the more money they wouldmake. A healthy economy isessential to the railroadbecause more goods wouldneed to be shipped and morepeople would need to travel,ensuring the railroad’s future.So the railroad companies dideverything in their power toencourage pioneering. TheSanta Fe advertisedhomesteading on the centralplains throughout the easternUnited States and Europe.The company subsidizedimmigration costs, shippedseeds without charging,provided shelter, and gave

financial relief to those whoseearly crops failed. The lure offree land may have started thesettlement of the centralplains, but the railroadcompany can be credited inlarge part for a successfulstart to agriculture in the area.

Even with all the help fromthe railroad, agricultureremained difficult insoutheastern Colorado. Dryland farming was a way of lifeand rains could beunpredictable. The waterneeded to be channeled to thedifferent farms to ensuresteady crops and the survivalof the settlements here. Therailroads again stepped in andhelped bring irrigation tosoutheastern Colorado. Therailroad companiesthroughout Colorado put upmoney to help build ditches.This was done not only in thehope of making a profit, butalso because the landsurrounding the canals wouldbecome more and morevaluable. Since the railroadshad received large land grantsand were able to sell whatland they could, they had alargely vested interest in thisendeavor.

Irrigation along theArkansas River providedhomesteaders with theopportunity to raise a range ofcrops including hay, onions,peas, wheat and corn. Theseagricultural endeavors helpedbuild towns like Lamar alongthe river. Not only werehomesteaders provided amore stable water system, butthe railroad could haul thegreater crop yields both eastand west.

As agriculture gainedmomentum, the citizens ofProwers County pushed forindustry. More money couldbe made from the crops ifthey were processed locally.Investors came in by train toscout the area and plans to

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ON THEON THEON THE RAILSRAILSRAILSRAILROADS from page 10build several mills wereformed. The railroad broughtin building supplies and extraworkers to get the mills upand running quickly.

Agriculture gainedmomentum and the nationbecame dependent on goodsproduced in the central plains.World War I was especiallyprofitable to this area. Astrade routes between theUnited States and Europewere disrupted, the demandfor food increased. Bothagriculture and livestock insoutheastern Coloradoincreased to match thedemand. The area waspushed to overproduce. At theend of the war, prices fell andthe farmers had moreproduce than they could sell.The area fell into adepression.

Through World War II,

however, war again helpedboost the economy, pullingsoutheastern Colorado out ofthe Depression. Farm pricesrose quickly in the 1940s.Railroad traffic was up,industrial output increased,and agricultural enterprisesthrived. Railroads, the nation’smain transportation system,were pressed into serviceduring the war. Railroads inColorado such as the Denverand Rio Grande, the Santa Fe,the Missouri Pacific and theColorado and Southern allhad more traffic than theycould handle. Again, theregion overproduced.Farmers didn’t care about thedamage being done to theland because the prices morethan made up for it. The landwas ravaged and would nolonger produce. Much of theland became essentially a

desert area. Over-cultivationhurt ranchers as well asfarmers: there was no longerany forage for the livestockwhich did significant damageto production. After the war,prices for crops and livestockfell.

As agriculture took a hit,cities along the Arkansaslooked to other industries torepair the economy. One areathat did not suffer as muchduring the Depression yearswas transportation. The railservice underwent severalmajor changes during the1930s and 1940s. Insoutheastern Colorado, theSanta Fe began running anincredibly luxurious train, theSuper Chief, from Chicago toLos Angeles which ranthrough Lamar, La Junta andTrinidad. Tourism seemed topick up where agriculture andlivestock had left off. It helpedsoutheastern Colorado stayalive through the Great

Depression until it couldrebuild. Though the GreatDepression severelydiminished agriculture andlivestock, its long-standinghistory guaranteed it wouldremain a way of life insoutheastern Colorado.Agriculture eventuallyreturned as the primaryeconomic force in the area.

Throughout our history,the railroad has played a largerole. It brought settlers tosoutheastern Colorado; ithelped build the area townsand jumpstart the economy.Without the railroad pushingfor successful settlement ofthis part of Colorado,agriculture may have nevertaken hold. Prowers Countyand the rest of southeasternColorado may have gone in amuch different direction thanwhat we know it to be today.

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AREA HISTORYAREA HISTORYAREA HISTORY PRESERVEDPRESERVEDPRESERVEDLove of history reflected in museums

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Kit Carson MuseumThe Kit Carson Museum

is located in the southeastcorner of Las Animas. Turnsouth on Highway 101 andyou will see the long whitebarrack style building that isthe entrance to the building.

As you enter the museum,your eyes focus on dinosaurtracks, mounted buffalohead, black and whiteportraits of William Bent andOwl Woman. This room tellsyou what will follow inindividual rooms displayingthe history of the area.

The museum is one of theGerman prisoner of warbarracks and each room isunique with artifacts fromthe mid 1800s to late 1900s.One room shows manydifferent styles of phones aswell as a switchboard.

You may enjoy the farmimplement room. Thee is theSpanish room with a veryunusual rug that is thoughtto have the wool poundedtogether rather than weaved.

The last room in themuseum is dedicated toLlewellyn Thompson,Ambassador to Russiaduring the Cuban crisis.Presidents he served andplaces he had been aredisplayed throughout the

room as well as hisscrapbooks.

Pike advised the Presidentin 1805. Thompson advisedPresidents of the mid 1900s.The history of both can beseen at the Kit CarsonMuseum in Las Animas.

Kiowa CountyHistorical Museum

Kiowa County HistoricalMuseum can be found at1313 Maine in Eads. Theyare open afternoons fromMay through September.The museum housesartifacts from the Easternplains.

The Towner bus tragedyhappened near here. Youcan see one side of a similarbus the children rode in toattend school. On March 26,1931, 20 children and theirbus driver started homefrom school but becamestranded for 33 hours duringa snowstorm. Six did notsurvive. Their tale is toldhere.

A banking section hasvarious banking machineson display. Ledgers from thebank were saved and remainat the museum.

Visiting Bent’s OldFort Historic Site

As you approach the gate,you smell a cottonwoodcampfire. Entering the plaza

you hear the clang ofblacksmith’s hammer onanvil. You are greeted byguide in 19th century garbmuddied with adobe.Welcome to 1846! Welcometo Bent’s Old Fort! Here ispreserved the site and storyof a famous trading post. Thefort was one of thesignificant centers of the furtrade on the Santa Fe Trail.Builty by Bent, St. Vrain &Company in 1833, the postwas the center of aprosperous trading empirefor 16 years. Strategicallylocated, the fort paved theway for U.S. expansion as aninstrument of manifestdestiny. Today, Bent’s OldFort is reborn; faithfullyreconstructed by theNational Park Service in1975-76 on the site of theoriginal post. Interpreters inperiod clothing tell theimportant story of thiscrossroads of culture, whereAmericans, NativeAmericans, Hispanics, andother cultures came togetherto trade. Come back to thattime and experience thesights, sounds, and smells ofthe past at the “Castle on thePlains.

Two Buttes Libraryand Museum

Theresa Hendricks hasbeen the librarian and

curator of the Two ButtesLibrary and Museum foronly a few years, but she hastransformed it into a cheerycommunity center whereresidents come to check outbooks and can enjoy nicelyorganized memorabilia fromTwo Buttes early history.The museum is open Fridays10:00 to 2:00 pm or byspecial appointment bycalling Two Buttes HeritageDevelopment at719.326.0104.

Patients of the local doctorwho moved to Two Buttesfrom Chicago in the 1910s tocure a lung ailment wouldbring him all sorts ofinteresting items, including ahuman skull. His recordsand equipment are ondisplay, along with itemsfrom settlement days. Hisoriginal office is across thestreet awaiting renovation.

Two Buttes communityhas recently rediscoveredthe complete records of thedevelopment and operationof the Two Buttes Reservoir,a picturesque recreation areanow operated by theColorado Division ofWildlife. These records areundergoing archival filing.The museum is in the 1912bank building across fromthe new post office.

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AREA HISTORYAREA HISTORYAREA HISTORY PRESERVEDPRESERVEDPRESERVEDArea museums work to conserve region’s treasuresThe Lamar Ledger

P rowers County’s BigTimbers Museum islocated at the western

edge of the county on U.S.Highway 50 just North of thecity of Lamar.

The red brick building wasbuilt j 1929 as an AmericanTelephone and Telegraph(AT&T) transfer station andcontains many of the solidlyconstructed features of abuilding meant for industrialuse.

The exhibits reflect wellthe ranching and agriculturallives of those who settled in

the region. Saddles, barbedwire, arrowheads and stoneartifacts are included in theimpressive collection. Anearly telephone switchboard,medical and dental tools andother glimpses of 19th into20th century life are all partof this museum’s many arti-facts.

Even more rare is an ex-hibit of framed World War Iposters in mint conditionswhich display the artistry offamous early 20th century il-lustrators. The collection of35 posters is believed to bethe largest of its kind outsideof the Smithsonian Museum.

The collection is shown inthe Weldon Green Room ofthe museum, also know as“War Room” because of themany items brought home toProwers County from battlesas old as the Civil War andthe Spanish American Warand as recent as DesertStorm. A rare confederatebattle flag believed to haveflown at Vicksburg in 1863and an American battle flagrecently flown on a helicop-ter mission in Iraq areamong the War room trea-sures.

The museum underwent atop-to-bottom renovation in

2007 and exhibits are now ar-ranged in categories to facili-tate easy viewing.

The museum’s extensivecollection includes artifactsfrom the infamous ProwersCounty bank robbery by theFleagle Gang, Holiday on Iceskater Jinx Clark who wasborn in Lamar and later re-tired here and a newspaperarchive dating back to theearly 1900s.

A nominal fee is chargedto tour the museum. Furtherinformation about the muse-um, including currentevents, and hours of opera-tion is available at the muse-um’s Web site bigtimber-smuseum.org.

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Prairie grasslandecosystem

The Comanche NationalGrassland consists of vastopen agricultural and naturalgrassland spaces and anextensive network ofbeautiful canyons. Thecanyons are located inremote areas wherearchaeological sites abound.The U. S. Forest Serviceoversees protection of boththe fragile soil and thecultural resources in whathas grown to be 450,000acres divided into twounits.Many of the sections ofgrassland seen today wereborn of the Dust Bowl erawhen many farmers andranchers simply could notcontinue to attempt to raisecrops and livestock againstthe odds of persistentdrought, dust rollers andeconomic depression. 10,000foot high dirt and sandstorms, dubbed “blackblizzards,” rolled throughthe region regularly forseveral years, turning richtop soil to gritty dust thatcan still be found along a fewfence lines.

After encouraginghomesteaders for severalwet decades prior to the1930s to cultivate 160 acresections in eastern Colorado,the U. S. Department ofAgriculture in the mid-1930sbegan purchasing thesesections. The federalgovernment had not learnedabout drought cycles untilone coincided with a nationaleconomic depression, whichmade it doubly hard forthose living here.

Much work had to bedone to stabilize and restoresoil from past practices. Ithad to be revegetated forland uses that would sustainit over time. Farmers who

stayed on their land alsobegan using various soilconservation techniques.

The U. S. Forest Servicehas jurisdiction over twounits, the Carrizo Unit inBaca and Las Animascounties and the TimpasUnit in Otero and LasAnimas counties. Theymanage domestic livestockgrazing on the prairie andcare for numerous Indianarchaeological and historicalhomestead sites that arefound primarily in thecanyons.

The land is still inrecovery. Grazing cattle havereplaced bison, butpronghorn, deer and elkcontinue to graze the shortand mid-tall grassesthroughout the High Plains.

Grazing is important tokeeping fuel for prairie fireslow.

Lightening can start

prairie fires that grow andmove quickly if windconditions are right.Properly managing andmaintaining a healthy andsustainable grassland andcanyon ecosystem isimportant to the plants,wildlife, domestic animalsand the culture of the peoplemaking the region theirhome.

Canyon gemsColorful and extensive

canyons exist along themany tributaries of theCimmaron and Purgatoire(Purgatory) Rivers.Conditions ideal to promotehuman activities werecreated by protective canyonwalls with numerous well-positioned springs and seepswhere groundwater surface.This ecosystem nowprovides protective coverand water for the plentifulwildlife and hundreds of

species of birds, ample treesand grasses. Humans havebeen attracted to thisnetwork of canyons for whatis estimated to be as many as11,000 years.

Accessing remoteareas

Several of theseComanche Grasslandcanyons are maintained forpublic recreational andeducational uses. The U. S.Forest Service advisesvisitors to prepare for theirtreks into these remoteareas.

Safety and naturalresource management are ofconcern. Visitors are advisedto consult with either theSpringfield or the La Juntaoffices for current conditionsbefore embarking onto trails.A detailed map of theComanche National

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CANYONLANDS from page 14Grassland is available forpurchase. Weatherconditions, availability ofwater, proper equipment andunderstanding of travelmanagement rules need tobe reviewed. Cell phoneswork sometimes on top ofmesas, but rarely in thecanyons.

Photography of rock art isdifficult where lightconditions do not createshadows, so having a sketchnotebook is recommended.Using a “sky” filter and alower f-stop is sometimeshelpful as is photographingfrom a slight angle. Do nottouch or mark the rock art inanyway, as it is illegal.

Vandalism is occurring atan increasing rate as areasbecome more accessible.The most common types ofdamage are done with paint,scratched graffiti andgunshot. All culturalresources on public landsare protected by law, pleasehelp the U. S. Forest Serviceprotect the past. Signs ofrecent vandalism should bereported immediately.

Picket Wire CanyonAlong the Purgatoire River

35 miles southwest of LaJunta in the Picket Wirearea, points of interestextend from the JurassicPeriod 150 million years agoto the recent past whenhomesteaders establishedranches and cultivatedgardens and crops. Because

the area is rich withprehistoric Indianarchaeological sites, accessis limited and no facilities areprovided.

The day trip from theWithers Canyon Trailhead tothe largest number ofdinosaur tracks in thecountry, is approximately 11miles round trip, with hillyterrain. (William J. Withersmanaged part of the JJRanch division of the PrairieCattle Company, locatedbetween La Junta and LasAnimas along the PurgatoireRiver from 1882 to 1917.) Noovernight camping isallowed.

It is important to be insufficient physical conditionto manage extremes inweather. Proper equipment,including first aid supplies,ample drinking water andinsect repellant is essential.

Boots and long pants arehighly recommended,packing shoes for crossingthe river which is necessaryto see the dinosaur tracks.

Rock artPrevalent in the miles of

rock walls above thePurgatoire, rock art locationshave not been disclosed forprotective reasons. The U. S.Forest Service 4-wheel drivetour offered in spring and fallof each year, doessometimes make one stop atan important rock art site.Reservations can be made bycalling 719.384.2181. Moreinformation can be found atwww.fs.fed.us and click on“to find a forest orgrassland.”

Many classic animal andabstract designs aredepicted as well as whatappear to be counting orrecord-keeping grids andmeandering lines. Rock artin this area are almostexclusively petroglyphspecked or etched into rockusually heavily coated withbrown iron-colored patina,allowing the lighter rockcolor to show through.When the art is older, newpatina has grown over thefresh rock cuts making themharder to detect.

Because intent is oftenhard to prove, researcherscan only speculate aboutpurposes and meaning ofcertain glyphs or alignmentsof shadows on those glyphs.A large 20 foot high rockthat is split apart andsurrounded with petroglyphs

around both sections islocated in a northerninaccessible portion ofPicket Wire. It is possiblethat this rock also containsseasonal time-tellingpotential. It has been notedthat a spot of light from asmall crack moves acrossthe interior surfaces comingto rest on the fourth of fourpecked parallel lines atsundown on a certain day ofthe year.

Dinosaur tracksWhere 1,300 dinosaur

tracks are presently locatedat the river’s edge,apatosaurus and allosauruswere the most prevalentdinosaurs at the edge of avery large lake in a tropicalsavannah environment 150million years ago. As thesedinosaurs walked along themuddy shore, they leftfootprints that eventuallybecame covered over andturned to stone withsubsequent pressures on thesandy mud. Because of theextensiveness of the tracks,scientists can learn aboutsocial behavior among thedinosaurs. Brontosaurus arealso known to frequent theregion during the JurassicPeriod.

Mission CemeteryThe trail passes by the

Hispanic Delores MissionCemetery that containsseveral headstones and theremains of a church. Thereis evidence of garden cropsbeing grown so a small


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June 20122nd—Beef Empire Days Children’s Parade,

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Stevens Park, 6:30 a.m.Beef Empire Days Parade, Main Street, 10:30 a.m.Chuckwagon Lunch, Stevens Park, 11:30 a.m.

21st—Third Thursday: Woohoo for the Zoo!,5 to 8 p.m. (Third Thursday includes famers’ market,musicians, arts & crafts, food, and public informationvendorsJuly 2012

19th—Third Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m.August 20124th—Sidewalk Sale. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.16th—Third Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m.

September 20128th—Fiesta Parade, 10 a.m., Main Street; Celebration

follows in Stevens Park15th—FallFest 2012 featuring Art in the Park &

Knightsof Columbus Oktoberfest, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

20th—Third Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m.October 2012

18th—Third Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m.November 2012

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15th—Third Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m.24th—Baker Boots’ Stevens Park Lighting Ceremony,

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8th—Western State Bank’s Free Downtown CarriageRides, 2 to 4 p.m.; Commerce Bank’s TubaChristmas Concert on Grant Avenue, 3 p.m.; Burtis Motors’Evening Christmas Parade, 6 p.m.

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CANYONLANDS from page 16community was presentclose-by.

Rourke RanchThe U. S. Forest Service

tour also stops at the 19thcentury Rourke Ranch,currently being refurbishedas a destination forinterested members of thepublic. It is listed on theNational Register of HistoricPlaces. For a while, it waspart of the Army’s PinonCanyon Maneuver Site untilthey turned it over to the U.S. Forest Service in 1977.

A interpretive kioskdescribes the life of the Irishemigrant Eugene Rourkefamily members who livedhere. In 1871 Mr. Rourkeclaimed a 40-acre homesteaddeed. Through years ofhardship, they succeeded inestablishing one of thelargest ranches in southeastColorado. Santa Fe Trail

To the west of Picture

Canyon around thecommunity of Timpas,wagon wheel ruts provideevidence of the Santa FeTrail Mountain Route(1821-1880) used until thesteam locomotive reachedSanta Fe. Two other routespass through the ComancheGrassland, the Aubry Cutoffeast of Campo (1850-1860)and the Granada-Ft. UnionMilitary Route, west andnorth of Kim (1872-1874).This route crosses Highway287/385 about 20 milesnorth of Springfield. Whereevidence of these trails canbe found, the spot is markedby limestone posts.

Carrizo CanyonThe east fork of the

Carrizo Creek flows throughthis small canyon graced byjuniper and cottonwood.Images of mountain sheep,elk and a deer withfantastically-branched

antlers, have been peckedinto the canyon walls wheretrees and vegetation providecover. Carrizo Canyoncontains a wonder array ofgrasses fed by springs andseeps, making the short looptrail very picturesque.

Covered picnic tables andrestrooms are available andit is a good choice fortravelers who have only afew hours to enjoy therichness of the wildlife andIndian culture along CarrizoCreek.

Birds are easily spottedand observed. The allusiveLark Bunting, Colorado’sstate bird is known to be inthe region during summermonths. Known for itswonderful song anddistinctive solid blue blackcolor with a single whitepatch along each wing it iswonderful to watch in flight.The attractive yellow-breasted western kingbird, aflycatcher, also frequents thearea.

Carrizo Canyon is

accessible from Highway287/385, by turning west justnorth of Campo onto CountyRoad M, and traveling 22miles on this well maintainedgravel road. However, in wetconditions any of theunpaved roads can becomeslippery and difficult tonavigate, making 4-wheeldrive preferred if wetweather is possible. CountyRoad 10 goes north to pavedHighway 160 near Pritchett.

Picture CanyonThis well known canyon is

accessible along the sameCounty Road M, but turnsouth at 8 miles. A sign willindicate proceeding onCounty Road 18 for another8 miles to the PictureCanyon sign, again turningsouth onto Forest ServiceRoad 533.

On the right just afterturning, watch the top of thesecond “hill” for signs ofintentionally placed largerrocks. This is the location


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Please sign the registry inthe parking area. In less thana mile, a trail leads to therock art area on the eastwall. Two iconic figures onthe Dakota Sandstone“picture” rock wall, thewarrior and the horse, aregood examples of wherepictographs and petroglyphsare found together. Thesedepictions were highlightedwith black pigment. On closeinspection, faint lines abovethe horse may indicateteepees. An antelope and apig were created in redpigment farther down on thesame wall.

The figure of a woman,with many circles across thechest and belly, is one of themost fascinating of allimages depicted among thisextensive collection. It isassumed that most of therock art here was createdduring the 17th or early 18thcentury by Plains Indians.

The U. S. Forest Serviceprovides occasional tours tothis wall of pictures. Checkwith the Springfield officeabout tour availability by

calling 719.523.6591. Theirbus tours to Crack Cave, 3/4mile from the PictureCanyon parking area on thedays of the spring and thefall equinoxes, arrive directlyat the site before sunrise.

The cave contains hatchmarks that someresearchers find stronglyresemble Ogam, ofEuropean origin.Anthropologists have notfound collaborating evidencethat Europeans actuallyvisited this region. Themarks are clearly delineatedwith light as the sun rises onthese two days each year.

Lush riparian habitat andthe area’s perennial springsallowed for a semi-permanent livingenvironment for indigenouspeoples. Teepee rings, rocksof certain size found indeliberately placed circularformations, have beenlocated on the mesa abovethe canyon by scientists, butnone have been designatedfor public viewing.

Many undocumenteddinosaur tracks are reportedto exist in the rocks abovethe canyon. Abundant plantfossils including stems,twigs, cones and the firstflowering plants are alsofound within the layers ofrock in Picture Canyon.

Vogel CanyonThe eastern most trail in

Vogel Canyon winds alongover rocky pinon-covered

terrain with rock walls withinviewing distance. The easyalternative trail, directlysouth from the parking area,is level, wide and well-maintained and leads to thecanyon overlook. It ishandicap accessible.

Either route on thisinterpretive trail can take thevisitor to two springs at thebase of a high rock wall onthe east side of the canyon,where an abundance of rockart also can be viewed. Onelarge animal figure isprominent in the northernoverhang and abstractdesigns and symbols aredepicted. Some of the rockart here is over 1,000 yearsold and fragile.

When in bloom the flora ofthis canyon is spectacular.The remains of thefoundation of an old stonehomestead house can beexplored. Unique rockformations abound.

During the 1870s a spuroff the Santa Fe Trail wasdeveloped by the Barlow andSanderson Mail and StageLine. Sections of thestagecoach road and ruins ofthe station can still be foundon the much longer outertrail loop west of thecampground. Access to thisloop is noticeable on theroad into the parking area.

Vogel Canyon isaccessible by traveling 13miles south from La Junta onHighway 109, then west ontoCounty Road 802 for 1.5miles, south on ForestService Road 505A for 1.5miles to the parking lot.Vogel Canyon picnic area

has beautiful camp sites,separated from each other.Covered picnic tables andrestroom facilities areavailable. When returning toHighway 109 a turn southtoward Kim passes throughmore scenic canyons forabout 15 miles.

Baca County WPA self-guided tour

A brochure whichhighlights a few of thehundreds of Works ProgressAdministration (WPA)projects in Baca County withdirections to their locationsis available at manylocations, including the TwoButtes and SpringfieldMuseums and the U. S.Forest Service office inSpringfield.

The opportunity to worksaved many families fromhaving to move on. A letterat the Two Buttes Museumfrom one worker from Walshexpresses appreciation forbeing able to participate inbuilding the Two Buttesgymnasium.

Bridges, public buildings,gymnasiums and schoolswere built between 1935 and1940 in primarily Baca andProwers counties inColorado to help the regionrecover economically fromdevastating droughtconditions and many are stillin use. Simple andfunctional, they remainexcellent examples of stonemasonry where workers hadlittle or no previous training.Large hand saws for two andhammer and chisel were theprimary tools used to cutlocal stone to shape.

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Adobe Creek(also known as Blue Lake)

Location: From Las Animas— Go north on Bent CountyRoad 10 for 15 miles. FromHaswell — Go south on KiowaCounty Road 19 for 12 miles,then west on Kiowa CountyRoad WW to the property.

Property: 5,147 acrespublic access land, 5,000acres surface area.

Motor Boats: Permitted,public boat ramp available.

Camping: permitted, but fewfacilities. No developedcampgrounds or hookupsavailable.

Facilities: Boat ramp, publicrestrooms.

Access: Open all year.Species: Blue Catfish,

Channel Catfish, BlackCrappie, Saugeye, Walleye,Wipers, White Bass.

Most Abundant Species:Channel Catfish, Blue Catfish.

Notes: Huge members of frysize Wipers and Saugeye werestocked in 2001.

John Martin(including Lake Hasty)

Location: From Lamar – Gowest approximately 20 mileson US Highway 50. Turn Southat the Town of Hasty andfollow the road approximately2 miles south to the JohnMartin Dam.

Property: 22,325 acrespublic access land, 13,000acres surface area.

Motor Boats: Permitted onJohn Martin, not permitted onLake Hasty. Public boat rampsavailable near the dam. Freeboat ramp available on Lane19 near the west end of thelake, but not accessibleunless water levels arerelatively high.

Facilities: Boat ramps,public restrooms, RV hookups,RV dump stations, showers,laundry, playground, coveredbuildings, many developed andsemi-primitive campsites.Handicapped access to fishingin Lake Hasty. Hiking trails.Public telephones, marina, baitshops, convenience storesand fuel available nearby.

Access: Lake Hasty open allyear. John Martin closed fromNovember 1 to end ofWaterfowl Season, usually midMarch to April 1.

Species: Channel Catfish,Wipers, Saugeye, White Bass,Blue Catfish, Flathead Catfish,Walleye, Trout.

Most Abundant Species:Saugeye, Channel Catfish,Wipers.

Jackson’s PondLocation: 3⁄4 mile south of

Eads. From Highway 287 –Gosouth 1 block on Slater Streetwhich turns into Prairie Place,then go 1⁄2 mile and turn left onYucca Drive for about 1⁄4 mile tothe pond.

Property: 8 acre pondincluded in the 300 acreKiowa Creek Natural Area atEads.

Motor Boats: No boatspermitted.

Facilities: Picnic shelter,tables and public restroom.

Camping: No overnightcamping permitted.

Access: Open all yearexcept for limited closuresprior to some events such asthe Youth Fishing Day in May.

Species: Largemouth Bass,Bluegill, Channel Catfish andseasonally (spring and fall)stocked Rainbow Trout. SomeSmallmouth Bass and YellowPerch have been stocked toimprove fishing opportunities.

Most Abundant Species:Channel Catfish, Bluegill andTrout (seasonally).

Nee GrondaLocation: From Lamar – Go

north on US Highway 287approximately 21 miles. FromEads – Go south on USHighway 287 approximately 21miles to Kiowa County Road Cthen 1 miles west to property.

Property: 4,426 acrespublic access (includes entireQueens, Nee Gronda, NeeNoshe area), 3,400 acressurface area of water when fullbut due to sale of water rightsand transfers of water outsideof the Arkansas River basin,only Nee Gronda currently hasenough water to maintain afishery.

Motor Boats: Permitted.Small, primitive free publicboat ramp available on eastside of lake. Privately ownedboat ramp available on northside of lake.

Facilities: Boat ramp andrestroom on public lands. Nodrinking water or developedcampgrounds on public lands.

Camping: Permitted. Freeon public land, but fewamenities and no water.

Access: Closed fromNovember 1 to end ofWaterfowl Season usually midmarch to April 1.

Species: Channel Catfish,Saugeye, White Bass, Wipers,Carp, Largemouth Bass.

Most Abundant Species:Wipers, Channel Catfish,Saugeye, White Bass.

Nee Noshe(about 250 acre)

Location: From Lamar – Gonorth on US Highway 287approximately 24 miles toKiowa County Boat rampaccess road, then 1⁄4 mile eastto public boat ramp.Unfortunately, declining levelsand poor water quality havetaken their toll at this onceproud fishery. Fall samplingrevealed no fish. Fisherymanagement will cease at NeeNoshe until the lake is refilled.The area still provides campingand good wildlife viewing,especially for shore-birdsvisiting the large prairie playa.

Property: 4,426 acrespublic access (in entire 4-lakecomplex), 3,696 acres surfacearea.

Motor Boats: Permitted.Free public boat rampsavailable.

Facilities: Boat ramp, publicrestrooms.

Access: Public accessprohibited from November 1 toend of Waterfowl Season.

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Species: Channel Catfish,Carp, Wipers, Saugeye,Walleye, White Bass,Largemouth Bass, Crappie,Blue Catfish.

Most Abundant Species:White Bass, Wiper, Saugeye.

Notes: Huge numbers of frysize Saugeye and Wipers werestocked in 2004. Historicallyyields large Wipers.

Queens Reservoirs(0 Acres)

Upper and Lower Queensare currently dry. These lakeswill be restocked whenconditions allow. The area stillprovides camping and goodwildlife viewing.

Location: From Lamar – Goapproximately 21 miles northon US Highway 287 to KiowaCounty Road C, then 3.5 mileseast to Upper Queens. Follow

the access road south about 2miles to Lower Queens.

Thurston ReservoirLocation: From Lamar – Go

north 9 miles on ColoradoHighway 196 to ProwersCounty Road TT, then 1 milewest to County Road 7, then 1⁄4mile north to the reservoir.

Property: 173 acres publicaccess, 200 acres surfacearea.

Motor Boats: Permittedexcept during WaterfowlSeason. Primitive free boatramp.

Facilities: Boat ramp andrestrooms.

Access: Open all year, butclosed to motor boats inWaterfowl Season.

Species: Crappie, ChannelCatfish, Largemouth Bass,Bluegill, Wipers, possibly someTiger Muskie.

Notes: This is the closestlake to Lamar. Roads are goodand access is easy. Nice daytrip and some decent shoreaccess.

Turks PondLocation: From Lamar – Go

south on US Highway 287approximately 36 miles toColorado Highway 116, theneast 14 miles to Baca CountyRoad 39, then southapproximately 5 miles toproperty.

Property: 200 acres of land,55 acres surface area.

Motor Boats: Prohibited.Only craft propelled by hand,wind, or electric motorpermitted.

Facilities: None.Camping: Prohibited.Access: Prohibited from

November 1 to close ofWaterfowl Season.

Species: Black Crappie,Saugeye, Largemouth Bass,

Wipers, Channel Catfish, Trout,Bullhead.

Most Abundant Species:Channel Catfish, Saugeye,Bullhead.

Two ButtesLocation: From Lamar – Go

south on US Highway 287 for29 miles to Baca County RoadB.5, then 3 miles east toreservoir.

Property: 6,793 acrespublic access.

Motor Boats: Permitted.Free boat ramp.

Facilities: Boat ramps,restrooms, rifle range.

Camping: Permitted, but nodeveloped campgrounds andno hookups. Drinking watermay be available, but bringyour own to be safe. Bring yourown toilet paper and pack outyour own trash.

Access: Open all year.Species: Black Bullheads,

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• Business Assistance Business Loan ProgramAn alternative (gap) financing method designed to help finance business projects within Baca, Bent,

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• Region 6, Planning and ManagementConsiders applications on behalf of our member local government to determine if proposals are

consistent with regional planning priorities

• SE Colorado / Santa Fe Trail CommissionScouts and promotes the 19 rural western towns in SE Colorado through the arm of the Colorado Film

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• Workforce Coordinating CouncilSECED is a member of the Southeast Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Workforce

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• Store Front EnhancementOffers a no-interest loan with terms typically three years or less to make modifications to store fronts

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Since 2000, $1,012,107 Cash contributions and$921,763 In-Kind contributions to EnterpriseZone certified projects have been maderesulting in tax credits of $361,333.

SECED Vision StatementThe vision of SECED is to challenge our citizens tocontinually reach for superior social and economiccharacteristics, utilize natural resources to the fullest potential in cooperation with a multi-agriculturaleconomy, and assert a vigorous campaign for aesthetic improvements to enhance business recruitmentand retention.

IncentivesSECED provides incentives and develops promotional activities that will market and advertise the advantagesof locating a business in the Southeast Colorado area, create a positive identity, encourage retention andexpansion of existing business, promote redevelopment, expand the region’s tourism industry, attract newbusinesses and generally enhance the economic growth of the area.

Visit us at 112 West Elm, Lamar, CO 81052 or contact us by phone at (719) 336-3850,online at www.seced.net or by e-mail at [email protected]

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Southeast Colorado EnterpriseDevelopment, Inc, (SECED), is aregional entity serving a five countyarea comprised of Baca, Bent,Crowley, Kiowa and Prowers aswell as the municipalities within thefive counties. SECED administersmany programs in cooperationwith twenty-four local governmentmembers.

Programs administered by SECED, Inc. include the following

• SE Colorado Enhanced Enterprise ZoneAdministers and promotes economic development through State of Colorado tax credit incentives

• Business Assistance Business Loan ProgramAn alternative (gap) financing method designed to help finance business projects within Baca, Bent,

Crowley, Kiowa and Prowers counties

• SFOO Homeowner Assistance Rehabilitation LoansFor single family owner occupied residents living in Baca, Kiowa, or Prowers County, SECED has a low

interest loan program available for those qualifying

• Southeast Council of GovernmentsAccepts grants, funds or services from any federal, state or local government, agency, private source,

or civic source

• Transportation PlanningPrepares regional transportation plans identifying and prioritizing long-range transportation needs for

all modes

• Region 6, Planning and ManagementConsiders applications on behalf of our member local government to determine if proposals are

consistent with regional planning priorities

• SE Colorado / Santa Fe Trail CommissionScouts and promotes the 19 rural western towns in SE Colorado through the arm of the Colorado Film

Commission

• Workforce Coordinating CouncilSECED is a member of the Southeast Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Workforce

Coordinating Council

• Store Front EnhancementOffers a no-interest loan with terms typically three years or less to make modifications to store fronts

Business Loan Fundscan be used

• As start-up costs for a newbusiness

• To purchase real estate,equipment, furniture, fixtures,machinery, inventory or anexisting business

• As working capital for new orexisting business

Lamar Area Hospice Expansion108 Olive Street, Lamar, CO

Southeast MentalHealth Services

“Lamar Healthcare HubExpansion”

Kendall Drive, Lamar, CO

SFOO HomeownerAssistance RehabLoans may beused for:• Leaking roof• Inadequate

Electrical, Plumbing, or Heating• Foundation Problems• Exterior siding• Sagging Floors• Overcrowding and more…..

Beforeand After

HomeRehab

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Southeast TPR TransportationEnhancement Grant funded seven projects totaling$1,169,155.

These projects include:

• Bent County Courthouse• Las Animas Heritage Center• Fowler Park Elementary School• Holly School District• Prowers County Big Timbers Transportation Museum• Crowley County: Way finding for SE Colorado• Otero County: Homesteading in SE Colorado

2011 Certified Enterprise Zone Projects

Since 2000, $1,012,107 Cash contributions and$921,763 In-Kind contributions to EnterpriseZone certified projects have been maderesulting in tax credits of $361,333.

SECED Vision StatementThe vision of SECED is to challenge our citizens tocontinually reach for superior social and economiccharacteristics, utilize natural resources to the fullest potential in cooperation with a multi-agriculturaleconomy, and assert a vigorous campaign for aesthetic improvements to enhance business recruitmentand retention.

IncentivesSECED provides incentives and develops promotional activities that will market and advertise the advantagesof locating a business in the Southeast Colorado area, create a positive identity, encourage retention andexpansion of existing business, promote redevelopment, expand the region’s tourism industry, attract newbusinesses and generally enhance the economic growth of the area.

Visit us at 112 West Elm, Lamar, CO 81052 or contact us by phone at (719) 336-3850,online at www.seced.net or by e-mail at [email protected]

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JOHN MARTINJOHN MARTINJOHN MARTIN RESERVOIRRESERVOIRRESERVOIRState Park boastseasy access towater and activitiesThe Lamar Ledger

I f you enjoy quick andeasy access, with virtual-ly no lines at the boat

ramps you will love John

Martin Reservoir in BentCounty.

The reservoir is great forboating and other water ac-tivities. Better yet, there isnever a capacity problemand boaters don’t have to

wait for a boat to come offthe lake before they canlaunch.

John Martin Reservoir ison the Colorado BirdingTrail and Bent County hasdocumented 373 species ofbirds, most of which can beviewed at the reservoir.

There is also a historicSanta Fe Trail marker on thenorth shore of the StatePark. Fishing is a popularpastime at the reservoir and

nearby Lake Hasty is regu-larly stocked with rainbowtrout and other species. LakeHasty is a great place to takethe kids fishing.

An accessible fishing pieris located on the west side ofLake Hasty. The stilling ba-sin below the dam is a greatplace to catch catfish. Anumber of warm water spe-cies populate the reservoirincluding crappie, whichfishermen enjoy catching inthe spring and fall.

Need to know thewho, what, when,where & why?Check us out on the web:

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Saugeye, Wipers, LargemouthBass, Crappie, Bluegill,Channel Catfish.

Most Abundant Species:Gamefish populationsapproximately equallydistributed.

Notes: Wildlife managersstruggle to keep fishpopulations thriving becauseof low and sporadic waterconditions. Recently,Largemouth Bass have donewell, but water levels are oftenlow and lake may becomechoked with vegetation. TheBlack Hole, just below thedam, is a nice camping spotand, although small, is alsostocked with fish. Excellentplace to fish if conditions arewindy over the dam. TwoButtes is also probably themost geologically interestingand picturesque of allSoutheast Colorado Lakes.Wildlife is abundant, so thetrip is enjoyable, even if thefishing doesn’t go well.

Lake HenryLocation: From Ordway –Go

3 miles east on ColoradoHighway 196 to County Road20, then 1 mile north toproperty.

Property: 1,350 acres,

1,120 acres surface area.

Motor Boats: Permitted.

Facilities: Campground,public boat ramp.

Camping: Permitted.

Access: Open all year.

Species: Walleye, Crappie,Largemouth Bass, ChannelCatfish, Bluegill, Wiper,Bullheads.

Most Abundant Species:Bullheads, Wipers, ChannelCatfish.

Lake MeredithLocation: From Ordway –Go

3 miles east on County Road 6to County Road 21, turn rightonto property.

Property: 3,700 acressurface area.

Motor Boats: Permitted.

Facilities: Restrooms, publicboat ramp.

Camping: Permitted.

Access: Closed November 1to end of Waterfowl Season.

Species: Walleye, ChannelCatfish, Bluegill, Wipers, TigerMuskie.


PREHISTORICPREHISTORICPREHISTORIC HISTORYHISTORYHISTORYDinosaur tracks, fossils and rock artThe Lamar Ledger

E vidence of fossils frompre-historic plants andsea-living creatures as

well as land roaming dino-saurs have all been found inSoutheast Colorado, Paleon-tologists who study ancientplants and animals based onfossil records have foundthousands of fossils, pre-served in rocks. Dinosaurbones from this region aredisplayed in several of thecountry’s natural history mu-seums, including the DenverMuseum of Nature and Sci-ence.

The U. S. Forest ServiceComanche National Grass-lands is a patchwork that ex-tends from La Junta south tothe Oklahoma border andeast to the Kansas border.

About one/half of BacaCounty is today part of thisnational treasure. The Unit-ed States government pur-chased sections of land fromfarmers forced to abandontheir land during the DustBowl drought. and now theComanche grasslandscheckerboard the region, di-vided into the Carrizo unitand the Timpas Unit wheresoils are under going revitali-zation after being plowedand badly deteriorated dur-ing the 1930s in what startedout to be the answer to the

country’s need for wheat tofeed Europeans duringWorld War I.

As a result of ongoing pur-chases, the U. S. Forest Serv-ice now oversees approxi-mately 450,000 acres inBaca, Otero and Las Animascounties. Their offices are inSpringfield (719.523.6591)and La Junta (719.384.2181)and both provide informationabout accessing special siteswhere dinosaur tracks androck art are available to bothindividuals and to guidedtours. These offices havehandouts, maps and booksthat provide information anddetails about the region.

The southeast Coloradoregion is rich with archaeo-logical, historical and paleon-tological resources that needspecial protection, however,

much has been made avail-able to the public by the U.S. Forest Service on desig-nated trails and primitiveroads.

Tracks at John MartinReservoir

The Army Corps ofEngineers visitor center atJohn Martin Reservoir hasan interpretive displaydesigned by the RockyMountain DinosaurResource Center inWoodland Park, Colorado.Casts of dinosaur trackswere exposed around thereservoir in 2002, after anextremely dry period whencertain rock outcroppingswere made accessible toview. It was only becausethese rocks were exposed to

See DINOSAUR, pg. 26

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water, that they becamevisible at all. Dr. BruceSchumacher, PhD, from theLa Junta U. S. ForestService ComancheGrasslands officeinvestigated initial findings,and cataloged a total of 79tracks at that location. Since2002 additional tracks havebeen discovered in otherareas of the reservoir for atotal of 350 tracks at 9 sites,forming part of the DakotaGroup Dinosaur Freeway.

Eighty-one casts offootprints from this freewayare now being studied byDr. Martin Lockley, PhD, adinosaur track specialist atthe Dinosaur TracksMuseum at the University ofColorado, Denver. There isan abundance of ornithopodfootprints in these groupsand Lockley reported thissite to be the first with apterosaur track in theDakota Group.

Tracks at the site arecurrently under reservoirwater, but the visitor centeron the south side of JohnMartin dam near Caddoadoes have an actualfootprint, a natural cast ormold of the track wheremud and sand filled it andsubsequently hardened intorock. School groups arewelcome and DonaldHeadlee provides them withcommentary about the tracksites. Reservations can bemade by calling719.336.3476.

Picket Wire TracksThe longest assemblage of

dinosaur trackways in thecountry and one of thelongest in the world can befound in Picket WireCanyon, added to theComanche Grasslands in1991. Individuals can hikeinto the Purgatory Canyonfrom Withers Canyonparking area for a day trip on

foot, horseback or bicycleacross spectacular high-desert terrain to accessthese tracks. Temperaturescan be extreme andrainstorms can occur, sochecking with the La Juntaoffice before is advisable, butplanning and taking properequipment, food and water isimportant in any case.

4-wheel drive travel tourswith a U. S. Forest Serviceguide is offered through theLa Junta office in the springand fall of each year. A fewspots are still available forJune 2010 tours, then againin September and October2010. Early pre-registrationis advised for the all-daytour. They are open 5 daysweek, 8 am to 4 p.m..

At the La Junta VisitorCenter, a shoulder bone of aBrontosaurus discovered inthe Picket Wire area can beviewed. It is waiting to beshipped to the DenverMuseum of Nature andScience, but it’s rather largesize makes quite animposing impression onvisitors to the La Junta office.Annual weekly “passports intime” pit project experiencesare offered by the U. S.Forest Service paleontologistto a few avid students wherediscovery of new dinosaurparts entice them.

The trackways arefootprints from primarilyApatasaurs and Allosaurswho wandered along themuddy shoreline of anancient lake approximately150 million years ago.ontosaurus were also knownto exist in the area. Thesetrackways reveal evidence ofsocial behavior in dinosaurs.At the site, crossing thePurgatoire River to see thetracks in the rock at theriver’s edge is possible bynavigating a series of rocksin the river. Depending upon

the depth of flow, visitorsneed to be prepared to getwet up to the knees, butoften the river is just a fewinches deep.

Seen along the trailnortheast of the tracks arethe remains of a Hispaniccemetery and a 19th Centuryranch community. The riverand canyon got it’s namefrom Spanish explorers wholost their way and werekilled by Indians, henceRiver of Lost Souls inPurgatory, shortened laterby the French to Purgatoire.The English corruptionbecame Picket Wire.

Picture CanyonDinosaurs

Dinosaur tracks also havebeen located in the CarrizoUnit, in Picture Canyon andelsewhere. However, theyare extremely difficult tolocate unless you are aprofessional or have aprofessional guide. The newkiosk at the picnic areadiscusses their presence.Evidence of Magnoavipes(big bird foot) andIguanodontids (large three-toed) dinosaurs have beendiscovered along theOklahoma border inColorado. Tracks of theOrnithominosaur, a smallostrich-like dinosaur, alsohave been found in PictureCanyon along with plantfossils.

The state’s only completeplesiosaur, a long-neckedsea reptile, was unearthednear Pritchett, north ofPicture Canyon about 20miles, in the 1930s. It isdisplayed at the DenverMuseum of Nature andScience. The SpringfieldMuseum on south MainStreet and the Museum inTwo Buttes (old bankbuilding across from postoffice) both display dinosaurobjects, from eggs to bonesto teeth. Both also displaypetrified wood that camefrom the petrified remnants

of an ancient forest exposedthrough erosion north ofTwo Buttes. Ancient seaoysters and imprints ofshells are commonly foundin stone all around southeastColorado. Both museumsdisplay examples.

A large quantity ofpetrified wood that wastaken from Two ButtesCreek can be viewed at theStagner auto dealership onNorth Main Street in Lamar.A gasoline service stationwas built in the 1930s whosefloors and outer walls wereconstructed of petrifiedwood claimed from thisspot, which now is absent ofany traces. Fortunately, Mr.Brown, who built thestation, cemented thesemany pieces in place so theyare available for all to see!

Petroglyphs andpictographs

For perhaps as far back aseleven thousand years,peoples have migratedthrough southeast Colorado.Without artifacts to tracetheir existence past just afew hundred years, primaryevidence of their lives andtheir interests are found inrecords left on stone walls incanyons and caves.

All throughout southeastColorado where ever therewere protective rock sheltersand sources of water fromsprings, streams or seeps,marks were left, sometimesabstract, sometimes in shortparallel lines, like countingand circle cups, andsometimes in depictions ofanimals, warriors or stars.Some were pecked into thestone (petroglyphs), otherswere painted onto the stonewith pigment (pictographs.)Cave Spring, along theOklahoma border has a goodexample of a pictograph inwhat appears to be a warbonnet, or perhaps it couldbe the rays of the sun. At the

See DINOSAUR, pg. 27

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same location, a 1903 surveywas drawn directly into thestone showing a map ofUtah, Colorado, Kansas,Oklahoma and New Mexicoalong a central horizontalline.

There is evidence tosuggest that visitors athousand years ago mayhave followed CimmaronRiver tributary canyons towhere they found plentifulsources of ground waterenabling them to gather forperiods of time. Script andcertain abstract markingsfound in southeast Coloradoare unique and unlike anyfound in southwestColorado, so it appears thatthe groups were fromseparate origins.

At almost every spring orseep, markings are found.

Many names fromhomesteaders and cowboyswhose cattle roamed freelythrough these canyons arefound as well. More recentlynames of residents from areatowns and cities appeared.All art and inscriptions more50 years old are consideredhistoric and are protected.

Several writers andresearchers, primarily fromsoutheast Colorado, suggestthat there is an uncannyresemblance to old worldscripts in many letter-typeshapes or symbolic designs.But because collaboratingarcheological artifacts don’texist, professionalarcheologists are reluctant togive credence to the notionof possible transcontinentaltravel. Some are outrightlyopposed to any

consideration of such. Aselection of books areavailable at the La Junta andSpringfield U. S. ForestService offices. Still, whenone witnesses the shadowline of the sun highlighthatch marks in Crack Caveon either the spring or thefall equinoxes at sunrise, onewonders if somehow thispractice of noting the arrivalof spring and weatherchanges in the fall throughmarkings so stronglyresembling those of Ogam ofEuropean origin, didn’tsomehow travel to the newworld ahead of theColumbus expedition. Thehatch lines in Crack Caveappear to form patternsconsistent with Ogamletters.

Other types of rock artdesigns found throughoutsoutheast Colorado areconsistent with middle

eastern scripts. Is thiscoincidence or is it evidencethat peoples from earlyEurope and middle eastmigrated here long beforethe native American groupswho populated the region forcenturies before and duringthe 16th through 20thcentury Europeanexplorations and migrationsinto the region? Much morescientific research isnecessary to obtainconclusive answers. Springor fall equinox sunrise toursto Crack Cave are scheduledthrough the U. S. ForestService office in Springfield.Reservations can be made byphone. Ordinarily, visitorsmust walk in about three-quarters of a mile, but thesetours are taken on a busright to the cave to arrivebefore sunrise.

DINOSAUR from page 26


AMACHE INTERNMENTAMACHE INTERNMENTAMACHE INTERNMENT CAMPCAMPCAMPGranada students help to keep memory aliveThe Lamar Ledger

C amp Amache was aJapanese American in-ternment camp locat-

ed near the town of Granada.It is more than just a muse-um since you can visit thesite of the camp outside oftown. Camp Amache washidden away for years, inpart because no one wantedto remember this chapter ofhistory. Governor RalphCarr welcomed the JapaneseAmericans to Colorado nearthe small town of Granada. Itwas the smallest of the in-ternment camps. However inColorado, it was the 10thlargest city during this time.The interment camp wasthere only three years. Thetown of Granada HighSchool teacher, John Hop-per, led the way to restoring

this relocation camp. Hopperstates, “When we started thisproject, it was a researchproject. We were trying togather as much informationabout Amache as we could.”

Among his duties wasteaching history and Hoppersaw the dirt covered cementslabs of barracks and weeds“as a piece of American his-

tory.” A mathematics instruc-tor worked with Hopper’sclass to create a scale modelof Camp Amache. Examin-ing the model in the muse-um near the Granada TownHall & Community Building,you will find the five church-es, two silk screening shops,a state of the art hospital,and a high school. Camp

Amache was much like anyother town except that it wasentirely surrounded by abarbed-wire fence and sixwatch towers. One dig un-covered a koi pond which isa traditional Japanese watergarden, buried under fivefeet of blown sand. You cansee the pond and its smallbridge across the road fromthe rodeo arena.

At the entrance new sign-age indicates the groups andorganizations currently in-volved in restoration and inthe telling of the Amachestory. There is a new parkinglot that allows for large vehi-cles to turn around. At thislocation covered kiosks givedetails and show maps. Ahandicapped accessible ce-ment walkway windsthrough one block of what

See AMANCHE, pg. 29


THETHETHE ARTSARTSARTSSoutheast Colorado home to diverse arts community

L amar is home to theSoutheast ColoradoArts Council and has

been for over 30 years. Thearts council is the umbrella or-ganization for several arts or-ganizations in the are and ex-ists to support and maintainawareness and growth ofmany arts programs. RoseAnn Yates, executive directorof SECAC has successfullybuilt partnerships with theseorganizations and maintainsan office at the Shore ArtsCenter in downtown Lamar.The Shore Arts Center,owned by the Arkansas ValleyWind & Percussion Ensem-ble, Inc., is home to a commu-nity concert band, the ValleyJazz Orchestra, the LamarDudes & Dames, The MainStreet Ringers, the SoutheastColorado Arts Guild, TakeFive Jazz Quintet, LamarHope Center arts programs,the Southeast Colorado Con-cert Association and other or-ganizations. Membershipdrives, art shows, concerts,dinners, dances, receptionsand many other activities areheld regularly at the center.“The Shore” has truly becomethe hub for artistic expressionin Southeast Colorado andhas been a model for otherarea arts councils to learnfrom.

The Arkansas Valley Wind& Percussion Ensemble mu-sic programs are in their 13thconcert season and rehearsalsare held from September

through April. Concerts areheld in partnership with theSECAC and the SoutheastColorado Concert Associationat the Lamar High School Au-ditorium. Membership isopen to musicians ages 18and above. For more informa-tion, visit http://avwpe.org.

The Lamar Dudes &Dames square dance pro-grams, led by Carla Scranton,are legendary in SoutheastColorado. Practices are regu-larly held at The Shore follow-ing the school year scheduleleading up to the annual revuein the spring. For more in-formation, contact CarlaScranton at 719-688-3857.

Denim & Lace squaredance programs, led by Shell-ey Hasser & Teri Lira, contin-ue to thrive in SoutheasternColorado. Practices are heldregularly at the Lamar Com-munity Building following theschool year schedule leadingup to the annual revue in the

spring. For more information,contact Shelley Hasser at719-940-0123.

The Main Street Ringersare a full 3 octave handbellchoir led by Christi Ludwig.Recognizing a need for a com-munity handbell program,AVWPE, Inc. raised funds topurchase the handbells andthe handbell choir performsregularly at AVWPE concerts,special occasions and yearlyat the Southern ColoradoHandbell Festival in ColoradoSprings. Contact Christi Lud-wig at 719-691-5947 for moreinformation.

The Southeast ColoradoArts Guild, led by Bev Middle-ton, currently is in it’s 43rdyear and has sponsored anAutumn Art Show for as manyyears. The guild works closelywith the SECAC and currentlydisplays a rotating schedule ofartwork in the windows at theShore Arts Center. ContactBev Middleton at719-940-4451 for more inform-

ation.Southeast Colorado Con-

cert Association offers yearlydiscounted memberships to avariety of shows held at theLamar High School Auditori-um. For membership orschedule information, contactGayle Schroeder at719-688-5245.

Take Five, led by Greg Lud-wig, is a jazz quintet that playsfor a variety of local and re-gional events. Contact GregLudwig at 719-691-5948 formore information.

Amache Studio hosts a vari-ety of programs for area art-ists in a beautiful and rusticsetting west of Lamar. Theseprograms include Yoga OnThe Ranch classes and re-treats, photography work-shops and retreats, the ShareThe Spirit Foundation events,and other activities. ContactKaren Voepel at 719-688-8000for more information.

High Plains Photographersmeet every first Tuesday andoffer area photographers achance to hone their skills inphotography, digital software,workshops, etc. Visitwww.highplainsphotographer-s.com for more information.

Artists of the Plains galleryand gift shop at 703 Wansteadin Eads, Colo. offers a wide va-riety of original art for sale.The location also serves as agift shop, offering numerouscraft items, jewelry, hand-made greeting cards, book-marks and other items.

AMANCHE from page 28was left, deterioratedthrough the years. Newsigns have been erectedalong the streets identifyingthe sites of the various build-ings. Barracks sold when thecamp closed are being pur-chased and relocated to the

site.

Students maintain thecamp’s cemetery, installingbenches, planting trees andsod. During the war, some ofthe Nisei men living at thecamp wanted to join the warefforts. Eventually, they

were allowed to join the U.S.Army and fought with the442nd and 100th battalion.By the end of the war, theywere the most decorated bat-tle units. Many receivedMedals of Honor. A largemonument to fallen soldierscan be found in the cemeteryalong with the grave mark-ers of children, and a pago-da-style building.

To protect the cemetery,the students encircled it witha chain link fence sur-rounded by a barbed-wirefence — a remembrance ofthe original enclosure. Tosee Camp Amache, headwest out of town on Highway50. Within less than a milethere will be markers direct-ing you to turn south into thecamp.


SAND CREEKSAND CREEKSAND CREEK HISTORIC SITEHISTORIC SITEHISTORIC SITESand Creek Massacre National Historic SiteThe Lamar Ledger

A long the windsweptplains of central KiowaCounty, twenty one

miles east of Eads, the SandCreek Massacre NationalHistoric Site offers insightinto one of the most infamousevents during the AmericanCivil War.

The Political SettingA restless 1860 Colorado

Territory grew out of a seriesof legislations such as theMissouri Compromise of1820, the Kansas-NebraskaAct, and the Compromise of1850, which impacted PlainsIndian tribes and culminatedthe Treaty of Ft. Laramie orHorse Creek. Tension andfear among white settlers andIndian tribes also continuedto grow. The Cheyenne andArapaho seemed bothersometo the white settlers sincethey held title to the routesthrough which the Santa Fe,Overland and Smoky Hilltrails crossed and where theroutes of various branches ofthe railroads were headed.With railroads, people couldbuy land, settle, put moneyinto the pockets of Unionentrepreneurs andsimultaneously fund the waragainst the rebelliousconfederate states.

The settlers’ desire for landand prosperity wasconfronted by nations wholived, hunted, and traveledacross the same land.Negotiations failed betweengovernors and officers onone-side, and chiefs and

headmen on the other. Areservation established in1861 was insufficient for thenomadic Cheyenne andArapaho. The area was but afraction of what had beenpromised ten years earlier.

The seeds of conflict began

in 1864 with the murder ofCheyenne Chief, Lean Bear.In addition, the burning ofseveral Cheyenne camps byColorado cavalrymen nearthe South Platte, and claimsthat troops had initiatedconflict near a place calledFremont’s Orchardforeshadowed war. By June,the murders of the Hungatefamily near Denver andlingering fears of Indianattacks like those at NewElm, Minnesota which hadclaimed hundreds of lives,increased tension amongpioneers and Coloradoofficials. Assurances ofamnesty for “friendly”tribesmen were tempered bya proclamation to “kill anddestroy” hostiles. Bysummer, war would eruptacross the plains ofNebraska, Kansas, andColorado. A Septembersojourn by Chiefs to meetwith Colorado GovernorEvans and ColonelChivington accomplishedlittle. Soon, the recruitmentof additional volunteersbegan — farmers, printers,miners, clerks, politicians,gamblers, and even an actorheeded the call.

The KillingOn November 24, 1864, a

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SAND CREEKSAND CREEKSAND CREEK HISTORIC SITEHISTORIC SITEHISTORIC SITESAND CREEK from page 30force of some 600 troopsunder the command ofColonel John Chivington,mostly volunteers who hadbeen chided as the“Bloodless Third” Regiment,began a ride from CampFillmore toward Fort Lyon,some 120 miles down theArkansas River. At Fort Lyon,the expedition was joined byan additional battalion. Theseregiments were raised tofight rebels, to save Coloradofor the Union and kill traitors.The Cheyenne and Arapahoewere characterized as “redrebels” an extension of thatpremise. Apparently it did notmatter that this Indians werehere under premise ofnegotiating for peace. Thesoldiers were part of avolunteer army to protect theUnion’s transcontinentalintegrity.

On the evening ofNovember 28, a buglesounded “Boots and Saddles”to begin an all night ridewhich took the volunteers toSand Creek. Here, at dawn,the troops got their first sightof the camps of Black Kettle,White Antelope, Left Hand,and other leaders. Withinmoments, a barrage of armsfire and howitzerbombardment was leveledagainst the Cheyenne andArapaho. The Indians useddriftwood and underbrush asdefense against the flyingbullets while others crawledinto pits dug along the banksof Sand Creek. Big Head,Howling Wolf, SpottedHorse, and other smallgroups of warriors fought thetroops in several desperatestruggles near the creek.

Later, groups of volunteerscontinued to pursueCheyenne and Arapaho forseveral miles up Sand Creek.By afternoon, about 160Indians lay dead and dying,the majority women andchildren.

Before departing the“Bloody Third” ransackedand burned the village.Dozens of wounded soldiersand their dead comradeswere taken to Fort Lyon forcare and burial. In Denver,protests against the attackwere lodged — sparkingbitter indignation that wouldcontinue for years.

Victims of this deadlyevent against the Cheyenneand Arapaho Indians at SandCreek, numbered into thehundreds. The aftermath ledto congressionalinvestigations bitter critics,and staunch defenders,reprisal, revenge, themustering out of a Coloneland the resignation of aGovernor.

The AftermathSand Creek fits into this

Civil War scenario becausewith the War Between theStates there was enoughsmoke to distract the nationaway from the treatment ofIndians. It’s often stated bytraditional historians that theCivil War caused the tribes tothink they could unite andpush the whites off theirlands, the converse was thereality. However, there wasnever any greatconfederation of tribes. Thewars at Sand Creek, BearRiver, the campaigns againstthe Sioux in the Dakotas, thecampaigns against theApache and Navajo in theSouthwest exemplify thatthere was a significant effortto push the Indians andconcentrate them ontosmaller reserves or evenexterminate them. There wasno reprieve even for thoseIndian tribes or individualswho stood firm in theirloyalty to the Union, they toowere cast off.

The Civil War event atSand Creek also gave rise to

a new generation of federalIndian policies, new treatiesat the Little Arkansas andMedicine Lodge and the nextgeneration of fighters andfights: Beecher Island,Washita, Summit Springs,Palo Duro Canyon, SappaCreek, and the Little BigHorn. Sand Creek is amongour nation’s most profoundhistoric places. The eventremains a powerful symbol ofsacrifice and struggle.

Questions about the attackand claims of atrocities led toCongressional investigationsand military inquiry. Thesetook testimony from dozensof eyewitnesses and accepteddepositions from others.Controversy arose as someveterans, like LieutenantJoseph Cramer and CaptainSilas Soule, bitterlycondemned the attack, citingits ghastly scene andbrutalities. On December 14,Soule wrote, “I refused to fireand swore that none but acoward would, for by thistime hundreds of women andchildren were comingtowards us and getting ontheir knees for mercy’ Mycompany was the only onethat kept their formation, andwe did not fire a shot” Soulewas later murdered on thestreets of Denver.

Others, including ColonelChivington, Major HarryRichmond, stoutly defendedthe attack. Volunteersanxious to restore honor andreputation, referred to themselves as the “Vindicators.”One, Sergeant StephenDecatur, penned, “We are notviolators of the flags of truce!We are not the cowards whowould massacre disarmedprisoners of war! Nor thevain braggarts to bring hometrophies of a battle withdefenseless and alreadysubjugated enemies. We aremen who proved ourmanhood by going out indefense of all we hold dear.We are Americans, who love

the flag of freedom, and webelieve that we honored anddid not disgrace that flag atthe battle of Sand Creek.”

White Antelope and YellowWolf, venerated CheyenneChiefs, were two of manyleaders to perish at SandCreek. Others included LoneBear, Warbonnet, StandingWater, Heap of Crows, BlackWolf, and Bear Robe. A list of112 Sand Creek Heads ofFamilies was translated andcomplied by the UnitedStates in 1865. The listincludes killed, wounded, anduninjured. The names ofadditional victims,particularly babies, childrenand women, are harder toascertain and the difficulttask of identificationcontinues.

The Sand Creek MassacreNational Historic Site ismanaged by the NationalPark Service and is opendaily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A3 ⁄4 mile walking trail leadsfrom the visitor parking areato the monument andoverlook. Picnic tables areavailable near the parkingarea. Entrance is free to theSand Creek MassacreNational Historic Site.

To visit the site, followColorado State Highway 96east off Highway 287 nearEads, or west off Highway385 at Sheridan Lake. NearChivington, turn north ontoChief White Antelope Way(CR 54), or at Brandon, turnnorth onto County Road 59.Follow these roads to theirintersections with CountyRoad W. The park entrance isalong CR W a mile east(right) of CR 54 or severalmiles west (left) of CR 59.Caution, there areapproximately eight miles ofdirt/sand roads leading tothe site.

For more information,phone park headquarters at719 438 5916, or visit thewebsite at www.nps.gov/sand.


CALENDAR OFCALENDAR OFCALENDAR OF EVENTSEVENTSEVENTSJANUARYCrowley Chamber AnnualBanquet - OrdwayLamar Senior Center “55Alive” Driving Class

Lamar Chamber of CommerceAnnual Banquet

FEBRUARYWiley Lions Club Soup & PieSupper - Wiley School

Rocky Mountain ElkFoundation Banquet - ElksLodge - Lamar

Sweetheart Swing Dance atShore Arts Center - Lamar

Karaoke Fund Raiser for SECO Initiative - Eagles Lodge

Granada Pride CommitteePancake Supper

KVAY Bachelor & BacheloretteAuction - Lamar

Annual High Plains SnowGoose Festival - Lamar

Eads Chamber Breakfast

Amache Studio PhotographyWorkshop – Westcliffe

PCDI Annual Meeting &Banquet – Lamar

MARCHDinner Theatre - Granada

Dudes & Dames Revue –Lamar Community Building

Spring Equinox Festival -Springfield

The Gun Show – Elks Lodge -Lamar

Wiley Lions Club AnnualPancake Supper - Wiley

School

Lamar Community CollegeCareer Fair

Lamar Community CollegeRegional Science Fair

Lamar Elks Lodge AnnualCrab Crack & Dance

Granada Pride CommitteeSteak Dinner & Barn Dance

Merrill Brush Annual WrestlingTournament – Lamar

Zonta International Rose Day– Lamar

APRILDenim & Lace Revue-LamarCommunity Building

Grand Old Opry Holly Style –Holly High School

Equine Time at Camp Amache

Rocky Ford All Schools ArtsFestival

College Rodeo - Lamar

Sante Fe Trail Day - LasAnimas

Kiva Free Day - First Sunday inApril - La Junta

Golf Tournament - Las Animas

Town of Crowley AntiqueTractor Show

Ark Valley Wind & PercussionConcert – Holly

Friends of The Library SpringBook Sale - Lamar

Enchanted Forest CenturyRide & Family Fun Ride –Lamar

Lamar Parks & Rec EasterEgg Hunt

LCC HTM/EBM Spring HorseShow – Lamar

Demolition Derby – Lamar

SE Colorado Concert Series -Lamar

Trash to Treasure Hunt – LaJunta

MAYHighway 50 Yard Sale - LasAnimas

Archaeology Day - Boggsville

Huck Finn Day - Las Animas

Children’s Theatre - WalshArts Center

Loomis Iris Show - Rocky Ford

Crowley County Auction

Cattle Sorting - Granada

Jr. Rodeo - Prowers CountyFairgrounds

La Junta Raceway Events May- September - La Junta

Youth Fishing Day - FirstWeekend at Jackson’s Pond-Eads

Kiowa County Fair & AllSchool Reunion - Eads

Voces Unidas Mothers DayRoses

Cinco de Mayo Celebration –Lamar & La Junta

Wagons Ho! Special ProgramsSites and Santa Trail Walk

Car Show Willow Creek Park -Lamar

Lamar Days Parade

Little Britches Rodeo –Prowers County Fair Grounds

Amache Studio PhotographyContest & Show – Westcliffe

Care Net Pregnancy Center ofSE Colorado Walk for Life –

Lamar

Jr. Rodeo – Lamar

Lamar Racing Club Events –May-Sept

LCC Region IX SoftballTournament - Lamar

PMC Spring Health Fair

PMC Spring Sprint

SE Colorado All Stars HighSchool Rodeo – Lamar

Wild West BBQ Cook Off –Lamar

JUNEWalsh Ranch Rodeo

Youth Rodeo - Baca countyFairgrounds

Annual Thunder on the Plains- Lamar

Summer Kiva Shows - LaJunta

Kids’ Quarters - Bent’s OldFort

Otero Museum Chuck WagonBean Supper - La Junta

Let’r Buck Ranch TeamCompetition End of the Line

Arena - Granada

Colorado State High SchoolRodeo Finals

Holly Days Bluegrass Festival

Granada/Bristol Days

Wiley Hay Days

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CALENDAR OFCALENDAR OFCALENDAR OF EVENTSEVENTSEVENTSBike to Work Day – LamarParks & Rec

Cruisin’ Into Summer Festival– La Junta

Lamar Library SummerReading Program

Lamar Parks & Rec RockiesSkills Challenge

Santa Fe Trail Festival –Trinidad

SE Colorado Cancer InitiativeGolf Tournament – Lamar

Relay for Life – Lamar

JULYOnion Festival in Granada

July 4th Ark Valley wind &Percussion at 4-plex Baseball

Field - Lamar

Springfield July 4th Fireworks

Walsh July 4th Fireworks

4th of July FireworksCelebration - Rocky Ford

La Junta July 4th Fireworks

Crowley County 4th of JulyRodeo

Granada July 4th Fireworks

Lamar July 4th Fireworks

4th of July Fireworks - LasAnimas

Art in the Park - Eads

Bazaar - La Junta

Native at Heart Youth PowWow - La Junta

Missouri Days - Fowler

Santa Fe Trail Encampment -Bent’s Old Fort

Crowley County Days &County 4-H Fair - last weekendof July

Crowley County Art Show

Baca County Car Show -Springfield

16 and under BaseballTournament

Cal Ripkin 12 year old 70 ft.State Baseball Tournament

Watermelon Festival - Campo

Bent County Fair & Rodeo -Las Animas

Windmill Classic Annual

Softball Tournament – Lamar

Art in the Park – Eads

LCC Adult Open House –Lamar

Summer Kiva Shows – LaJunta

AUGUSTFree Ice Cream Social –Willow Creek Park

Lamar Area Hospice GolfTournament

Ag Appreciation BBQ - LasAnimas/McClave

Arkansas Valley Fair -RockyFord

Kids Rodeo and Race - LaJunta

Lamar Sand & Sage Fair andRodeo

Baca County Fair – Springfield

Annual Dove Hunt - Lamar

Hospice Dinner & Dance –Lamar

14 & Under Regional BaseballTournament

16 & Under Babe RuthSoftball World Series – Lamar

Music at the Junction – LaJunta

SEPTEMBERHolly Gateway Fair

Boggsville Days - Las Animas

Dam Run - John Martin StatePark

Fall Equinox Festival -Springfield

Rocky Mountain Long Ears -Granada

Kiowa County Fair - Eads

Gateway Fair - Holly

Crowley County FiremanOktoberfest

Early Settler’s Day - La Junta

Big brothers, Big SistersAnnual Golf Tournament - LaJunta

Balloon Festival - Rocky Ford

Big Bail of Hay Contest –McClave

Airport Fun Days – La Junta

Baca County Fair – Springfield

Buzzards Roost Road Jam –Lamar

CO Interstate Gas Convention– Lamar

Hispanic Heritage Celebration– La Junta

Lamar Parks & Rec Pass,Punt, Kick

LCC Antelope StampedeRodeo – Lamar

OCTOBERLamar Fire Dept HauntedHouse

Lobster Dinner & Dance –Lamar Elks Lodge

Oktoberfest - Lamar

SE Colorado Art Guild Show -Shore Arts Center

Rocky Mountain Invitational/Aerobatics contest - Lamar

Airport

Rocky Mountain Invitational /Aerobatics contest -Lamar

Harvest Show - Las Animas

Fall Health Fair – Lamar

Friends of the Library FallBook Sale – Lamar

Enchanted Forest CenturyRide & Family Fun Ride

National Wild turkeyFederation Banquet - LamarElks LodgeSip & Saver Fund Raiser w/Mario Rizzotte - AmacheStudio

LCC Stampede Rodeo

LCC Golf Tournament – Lamar

Moonlight Madness – Lamar

Share the Spirit Shoe Drive –Lamar

Voces Unidas Annual Banquet– Lamar

NOVEMBERTwo Shot Goose Hunt - CowPalace Inn

Hunter’s Breakfast – GranadaCity Complex

Christmas Lighting -Springfield

Dinner Theater - Walsh ArtsCenter

Annual Mennonite Relief Sale

- Rocky Ford

Hot Air Balloon Festival & FineArts Show & Crafts - Rocky

Ford

Parade of Lights - La Junta

LCC Craft Show - Lamar

Farm/City Banquet - Lamar

Rebekah/Lodge Craft Sale -La Junta

Holiday Harvest Craft Fair - LaJunta

Art/Craft Show - Eads

North Cheyenne Healing Run -Sand Creek

Ark Valley Wind & PercussionHoliday Concert – Lamar

Fantasy Tree Auction – Lamar

DECEMBERLas Animas/Bent Countycommunity Center Craft Show- Las

Animas

Holiday BasketballTournament - La Junta

Centennial Ball - Rocky Ford

Christmas Parade of Lights -Rocky Ford

Parade of Lights - Lamar

Wagon Rides & CampAmache Tours - Granada

Christmas Lighting contest -Wiley

Craft Fair - Holly

Chili Supper - Eads

Crowley County ChamberParade of Lights

Crowley Chamber ChristmasHouse Decorating Contest

Kiva Winter Ceremonials - LaJunta

Traditional HolidayCelebration - Bent’s Old Fort

Parade of Lights - Las Animas

New Year’s Eve Dance - Lasanimas

Holiday Craft Fair –SeniorCenter, Lamar

Holiday Home Tour – Lamar

Ark Valley Wind & PercussionChristmas Concert at Lamar

High School at 7 p.m.


WILDLIFEWILDLIFEWILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHYSoutheastern Colorado a haven for wildlife photography

By Jill SmithThe Lamar Ledger

P orcupines? Pelicans?Cranes? In Colorado? InSOUTHEAST Colo-

rado?? You bet! These crittersand so many more. The abun-dance of wildlife in this cornerof the state is one of the bestkept secrets that is just burst-ing to be shared. Pick any sea-son and you will find some ofyour favorite furry, scaled andfeathered friends. Just enjoythem with a pair of binoculars,or capture their beauty foreverwith the lens of a camera.

Feathers are a specialty ofthis region of Colorado. BacaCounty residents boast of 275species of birds that either visitor call the county “home.”Prowers County is not far be-hind, and Bent County com-petes successfully due to thepresence of John Martin Reser-voir, an oasis for many crea-tures. Due to the topographicdiversity of southeast Coloradocounties, you will find tinyhummingbirds to grand baldeagles and everything in be-tween. There are bear, puma,bobcats, lizards and snakes,raccoons and badgers and so

much more.Not only is this area a para-

dise for birders, both amateurand professional, but it is anever changing inspiration forwildlife photographers of allskills. Both cities and very ru-ral areas offer a yearly varietyof critters. Beginning withinthe city limits of Lamar, Colo-rado, you will find about oneand a half miles of thickwoods. Comprised of hickory,cottonwood, elms, and bloom-ing shrubs the woods provideshelter and sustenance for mi-gratory birds. The WillowCreek Nature trail is locatedimmediately east of LamarCommunity College and runsnorth to south along WillowCreek. It has been known toharbor red fox families as wellas the occasional well-behavedskunk. A herd of mule deer

raise their little spotted fawnswithin the protection of thethick scrub. During the sum-mer months, more than 50-75turkey vultures will perch atthe south end of the trail, highin the dead branches of cottonwood trees. The newest arrivalto the area is a small flock ofNorthern cardinals who have

chosen to call the woods theirhome year round. These beau-tiful little birds, which are rareto our area, are successfullyraising their young deep in thepine boughs. The actual creekseasonally offers a huge varietyof ducks, kill deer, relativelytame muskrats, and the occa-sional beaver. The beautifulsetting entices a photographerto choose a spot and let thecritters come to you.

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should not miss checking outwildlife at John Martin Reser-voir and Hasty Lake in BentCounty. The protected, rarepiping plover, and all of his kin,nest along the south shore ofthe reservoir. However, occa-sionally, they will get socialand visit all of the other morepredictable shore birds on thedown side of the dam at HastyLake. The patient photogra-pher will be amazed at all thehub-bub! Screeching blacknecked stilts, pelicans, Ameri-can avocets, Great and Snowyegrets, Great Blue Heron andmany, many more will enter-

tain and awe you. Being quiet,still and EARLY in the morn-ings will provide more gor-geous pictures than you couldever imagine. Cool summerevenings will give you aglimpse of herds of white taildeer, raccoons, and porcupine.A walk along the top of thedam at dusk will put you in thesky with the turkey vultures asthey glide with the thermals.They will eyeball you as theyshoosh within 10-20 yards ofyou. What a great opportunityto capture their graceful move-ments and warty heads. Ele-gance and ugly all in one crit-ter.

Tucked deeply into Bacacounty is an amazing changeof landscape from the prairie,farmland, and ranchland thatdominates most of SE Colo-rado. With that change, photo-graphic opportunities changeas well. Deep canyons cutthrough parts of the county.Carrizo, Cottonwood, and Pic-ture canyons are just a few of

the steep canyons hiding in thesouthern part of the county.Hiding within the deep walls,you will find herds of big hornsheep that are tracked and pro-tected by the Colorado Divi-sion of Wildlife. The occasionalblack bear will sleep up intrees during the summermonths, and if you are there atthe right time, you can hearthe air roar with the “meow” ofa mountain lion. Hundreds ofbirds find respite in the can-yons, including blue gros-beaks, several finch species,and both eastern and mountainbluebirds. Summertime heat inthe canyon can catch the un-prepared traveler by surprise,however. Photographersshould prepare for 110 degreesor more, by bringing LOTS ofwater. Most of the canyons arevery primitive and sneakysnakes have been known tosurprise more than one cityslicker.

Smaller lakes like Thurston,and Queens in Prowers Coun-

ty, back roads, and canal sys-tems offer endless miles ofwildlife habitat for photograph-ic opportunities all over SE Col-orado. Also, many ranchers/farmers now open their privateproperty to photographers ofall kinds. For a list rancheswho offer hospitality (some fora very small fee, some for free,but reservations required) goto http://prairiewildlife.net/sitesmap.html.

Southeast Colorado harborsand protects an unbelievableplethora of wildlife year round.With over 300 days of sun-shine per year, this area is notonly critter friendly, it is peoplefriendly! Drive slowly, lookdeeply, enjoy greatly.

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CYCLING ON THECYCLING ON THECYCLING ON THE PRAIRIEPRAIRIEPRAIRIELong, scenic routes make region a cycling meccaThe Lamar Ledger

I n the 1976 the UnitedState celebrated 200years as a nation. Colo-

rado celebrated 100 years ofstatehood, and the Trans-America Bicycle Trail, called

the Centennial Trail in Colo-rado, “opened for business”from Astoria, Oregon toYorktown, Virginia.

In Colorado, this trail goesfrom Rawlins, Wyoming toPueblo, Colorado. FromPueblo, the bicycle trail is on

Colorado Highway 96 andpasses through Boone, Ol-ney Springs, Crowley, Ord-way, Sugar City, Arlington,Haswell, Galatea, Eads, Chiv-ington, Brandon, SheridanLake and Towner in Colo-rado. In Kansas, the trail

continues on Kansas High-way 96.

For more information andlocal area maps, visit BicycleColorado at www.bicycleco-lo.org or call Adventure Cy-cling, 800-755-2453, www.ad-venturecycling.org

Pedal The PlainsThe eastern plains of

Colorado will host the firstannual bicycle tour called“Pedal The Plains” to takeplace this fall. Pedal ThePlains will be a one-of-a-kindcycling event celebrating theagricultural roots and frontierheritage of the ColoradoEastern Plains. Mostimportantly this event is a ride

designed for riders of allspeeds and sizes.”

The three-day ride willcover between 30 to 100 milesevery day, stopping inmultiple towns throughouteach day and ending in a newhost community eachevening. Riders will pedalbetween entertainment andfestivities, eat meals made

with local produce, and stay inaccommodations rangingfrom a tent to a bed andbreakfast. Cyclists of all agesand ability levels are allinvited to join in the funthrough the whole tour, orthey can opt for a family-friendly loop ride or a GranFondo. “We are excited toadd this tour to our list ofsignature events, and to proveonce again that Colorado isone of the most dynamic

cycling states,” said DeanSingleton, Publisher of TheDenver Post. Billed as “theend of the cycling seasonbash,” Pedal The Plains willprovide numerous economicbenefits and tourismopportunities for southeasternColorado.

All event proceeds willbenefit charitableorganizations serving theEastern Plains. The ride isscheduled for Sept. 21 — 23.

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HOLLY BLUEGRASSHOLLY BLUEGRASSHOLLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVALFESTIVALFESTIVALFree festival now in 10th yearBy John ContrerasThe Lamar Ledger

I t started as a one-dayevent in 2003 when theTown of Holly was cele-

brating its 100th anniversaryof being incorporated.

Now, the Holly BluegrassFestival has grown into athree-day event and will cele-brate its 10th year. The freefestival is the only one in Colo-rado and surrounding statesand held the second weekendin June.

Being a free festival, fundshad to be raised to pay for thebands that perform, and theGrand Old Opry — HollyStyle was started with theirfirst show in the spring of2003.

Both traditions have carriedon. The Opry growing to twoperformances on a Sundayafternoon and the BluegrassFestival growing bigger eachyear.

The Holly Bluegrass Com-mittee, a group of around 10people, work all year gettingsome of the top bands tocome to Holly for the all daySaturday festival, kicking off at11:00 a.m. and going until ev-eryone is gone. Sometimes ithas run until nearly midnight.

It has become well-knownin the “bluegrass festival” cir-cle and now they have manygroups contacting them tocome and play in Holly. Theyhave also added some countrygroups and everyone has en-joyed this addition to the festi-val.

After the tornado in 2007,the festival was held at thefootball field at the school butwas able to move back toGateway Park in 2009. In2011, they purchased an oldstage and one of the commit-tee members, Jerry Jones,completely refurbished it.

Friday night kicks off with abarbecue sponsored by theHolly Commercial Club. A

“jam session” follows wherevarious musicians come to-gether to do some good oldpickin’ and fiddlin’. Therehave been upwards of 30 pick-ers there, coming from as faras Oklahoma and Missouri.

On Saturday, the all day fes-

tival begins at 11 a.m. andeach band, of which there arefive, plays twice, so in caseyou missed the first set youcan catch them in their sec-ond set.

This year’s 2012 festival willfeature the famous Karl Shif-

lett and Big Country Showwho are one of the most rec-ognizable and identifiablenames in Bluegrass music.The band has been featuredon RFD-TV and has played atfestivals all over Alabama, Ari-

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zona, Georgia, Kentucky, Vir-ginia, North and South Caroli-na, Texas, Missouri,Oklahoma and will be at theAnnual Bill Monroe MemorialBluegrass in Indiana as wellas playing at the Bean Blos-som Festival which is one ofthe largest festivals in theUnited States.

Bonham Revue from Okla-homa will return this year.They performed in Holly in2009 and were a big hit.

Rounding out the marqueeof bands will be CrookedCreek from Burlington, Colo.,a country/western group;Kantankerous from Long-mont, Colo., who plays coun-try and bluegrass; and Dr.Harlan’s Amazing BluegrassTonic, also from Colorado,who has been hitting thecharts big time.

Sunday morning at 10:30a.m. there is gospel music andcommunity church. This year,2012, the Blackwood BrothersQuartet will be there. Theyare the best known quartet inthe history of gospel music.

The festival has grown insize each year with peoplecoming from Kansas, Texas,Missouri, Nebraska, Oklaho-ma, Florida, Montana, and allover Colorado.

Bring your lawn chair andcome on down to enjoy vari-ous bands of bluegrass andcountry music throughout theday in the setting of GatewayPark. There are plenty of foodbooths on Saturday and lunchon Sunday.

For more information youcan visit the Web site atwww.townofholly.com or con-tact Jill, 719-537-6482 orMarge 719-940-5243 or e-mailholly/[email protected].

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HOLLYMiles Court Motel716 W. Colorado(719)537-6030

LA JUNTAHampton Inn27888 US Hwy 50(719)384-4444

Holiday Inn Express27994 US Hwy 50FrontageRd.(719) 384-2900

Travelodge1325 E. Third(719) 384-2571

La Junta KOA26680 W. Hwy 50(719)384-9580

Mid-Town Motel215 E. Third St.(719)384-7741

Stagecoach Motel905 W. Third St.(719)384-5476

Super 8 Motel27882 Frontage Rd.(719)384-4408

Travel Inn of La Junta110 E. First(719)384-2504

LAMARBlue Spruce1801 S. Main(719) 336-7454

Chek Inn1210 S. Main(719) 336-4331

Country Acres RV& Motel29151 US Hwy 287/385(719) 336-1031

Rodeway CowPalace Inn1301 N. Main(719) 336-7753

Days Inn1306 N. Main(719) 336-5340

Holiday InnExpress & Suites1304 N. MainReserv. (888)465-4329

Holiday Motel404 N. Main(719) 336-9745

LamarSportsmanCampground& Horse Hotel5385 US Hwy 50(719)336-3623

Lamar Inn1201 N. Main(719) 336-7471

Passport Inn113 N. Main(719) 336-7746

Super 8 Motel

1202 N. Main(719) 336-3427

Third Street NestBed &Breakfast304 S. 3rd St.(719)336-5217

LAS ANIMASBent’s Fort Inn10950 E. Hwy 50(719)456-0011

Santa Fe Trail Inn638 Bent Ave.(719)456-0303

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J’s Motel265 Main St.(719) 523-6257

Stage Stop Hotel1033 Main St.(719)523-4737

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SPREADING ANTLERSSPREADING ANTLERSSPREADING ANTLERSGOLF COURSEGOLF COURSEGOLF COURSE

Golf courseis a jewel ofthe plainsBy John ContrerasThe Lamar Ledger

S et in the natural land-scape of SoutheasternColorado’s High Plains,

Spreading Antlers Golf Courseinvites players to drive downfairways in an area whereteamsters once drove heavilyladen freight wagons.

Located south of Lamar,Colo. on Highway 287, Spread-ing Antlers is listed in Colo-rado Golf Magazine’s GolfGuide. It is a public nine-holepar-35 course. It features 2,963yards of golf from the longesttees. The course rating is 34.4and it has a slope rating of 117.

Built in 1965 and designedby the late golf professionaland course designer LabronHarris, Sr., the extremely wellmanicured course creates stra-tegic challenges for every skilllevel.

Whether you want to play around with friends, practice hit-ting a bucket of balls, take alesson to increase the accuracyof your shot or pause for a biteto eat in the snack shop or justbrowse in the golf shop —you’ll find Spreading Antlersconveniently open from 8 a.m.until dark, seven days a week,from the first day in April tothe first weekend in October.

You can walk or rent a cart,with no tee-off time required.

Green fees are $14 for nineholes on weekdays and $16 fornine holes on weekends. Thefee is $24 for 18 holes on week-days and $27 for 18 holes onweekends. Cart fees are $12for nine holes and $20 for 18holes all year around.

Memberships are also avail-able for a very reasonable cost.

For more information onSpreading Antlers Golf Coursecall 719-336-5274 or visitwww.golfspreadingantler-s.com.

PUBLIC GOLFPUBLIC GOLFPUBLIC GOLF COURSESCOURSESCOURSESCottonwood Links1 Cottonwood LaneFowler,CO(719) 263-4500

Eads Public GolfCourse14999 Golf CourseRoadEads, CO

La Junta Golf Club27696 Harris RoadLaJunta, CO(719) 384-7133

Las Animas PublicGolf Course2200 Country ClubDriveLas Animas,COContact: MikeKester(719) 456-2010

Rocky Ford CountryClub10th Hole Bar &Grill91 Play Park HillRockyFord, CO(719) 254-7582

Smoking River GolfCourse475 N. SecondEastCheyenne Wells,CO(719) 767-5021

Spreading AntlersGolf ClubSouth Highway 287Lamar,CO(719) 336-2297

Springfield GolfCourseWest on Hwy 160,travelPast SoutheastColorado PowerFor 1⁄4mileSpringfield, CO


CHAMBERS OFCHAMBERS OFCHAMBERS OF COMMERCECOMMERCECOMMERCEBent County Chamber of Commerce

& Development Foundation332 Amb. Thompson Blvd.Las Animas, CO 81054(719) 456-0453 office(719) 456-0455 fax

http://www.bentcounty.org

Crowley County Chamber of Commerce301 Main Street

Ordway, CO 81063(719) 267-4444 ext. 4

http://www.crowleycounty.net

Crowley County EconomicDevelopment603 Main, Suite 2Ordway, CO 81063

(719) 267-4444 ext. 259http://www.crowleycounty.net

Eads Chamberof Commerce

PO Box 163Eads, CO 81036-0163(719) 438-5590 office(719) 438-5652 fax

http://www.kiowacountycolo.com

Fowler Chamberof Commerce

PO Box 172Fowler, CO 81039(719) 253-4461

http://www.fowlerchamberofcommerce.com

Holly Commercial ClubPO Box 114

Holly, CO 81047(719) 537-6622

La Junta Chamberof Commerce

110 Santa Fe AvenueLa Junta, CO 81050

(719) 384-7411 office(719) 384-2217 fax

http://www.lajuntachamber.com

Lamar Chamberof Commerce

109-A East Beech StreetLamar, CO 81052

(719) 336-4379 office(719) 336-4370 fax

http://www.lamarchamber.com

Rocky Ford Chamberof Commerce105 N Main Street

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CHURCHCHURCHCHURCH DIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYBRISTOL

ST. MARY’S CATHOLICCHURCH —

Rev. Charles Sena. 211North LaBelle.

BRISTOL/GRANADAMETHODIST

CHURCH — Rev. KathyLeathers.

BRISTOL PRESBYTERIANCHURCH —

Pastor Gillespie, 1 blockeast of 385 on

Frederick.

CHIVINGTONCHIVINGTON FRIENDS

CHURCH —Pastor Galan Burnett.

53676 U.S. Hwy 96.

EADSUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH — RevNancy Peacock — 110 E.

11th St.FIRST CHRISTIAN

CHURCH — PastorJason Young 100 East 7th.FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

—Pastor Russell Parker705 N Main

HASTYMIDVALLEY COWBOY

WORSHIP —Pasotrs Jack Marin and

Harold Bohl. at theHasty Fire Department

HASWELLUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH —Rev. Nancy Peacock —

Main St.

HOLLYFIRST CHRISTIAN

CHURCH — Hwy50 & 5th Street.HOLLY EVANGELICAL

FREECHURCH — Rev. Rick

Beard35311 County Rd GG.HOLLY UNITED

METHODISTCHURCH — Rev. Kathy

Leathers

511 W. ColoradoFIRST CHURCH OF THE

NAZARENE— Pastor Eugene Birt.

1004 W. Colorado.ST. FRANCES OF ROME

CATHOLICCHURCH — Rev. Charles

Sena119 South 6th.HOLLY CHURCH OF

CHRIST —Minister Don Lawrence. W.

Hwy 50.COWBOY CALVARY

WORSHIP SBC —Pastor Jack Martin — 204

S. 5th St.FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

— Pastor RalphPlummer — 512 W.

Colorado.

LAMARRADIANT LIFE ASSEMBLY

OF GOD— Pastor Jim Gangwish.

27534 U.S. Hwy287 (1/2 mile south of the

golf course).ST. FRANCIS DE SALES/

OURLADY OF GUADALUPE

CATHOLICCHURCH —Rev. Charles

Sena. 600 EastParmenter.LAMAR MISSIONARY

BAPTISTCHURCH — 507 S. 14th.FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

— PastorDavid Davis. 1600 S.

Main.GRACE EVANGELICAL

LUTHERANCHURCH — Rev. Steven

Thomas. 1Memorial Drive.KINGDOM HALL OF

JEHOVAH’SWITNESSES — 1701 S.

8th.LAMAR CHRISTIAN

CHURCH —Senior Minister Ian

Blacker. AssociateMinister Ray Matteson.

811 S. Main.MT. OLIVE EVANGELICALLUTHERAN CLC — Pastor

TimothyWheaton. 811 S. 1st.CROSSWIND CHURCH OF

THE

NAZARENE — PastorCharles Lambert

507 S. 7th.CHURCH OF CHRIST —

7th & SavageAve.REDEEMING LOVE

CHURCH — PastorMark and Renee Viar. 204

North St. (OldSkating Rink).CALVARY BAPTIST

CHURCH —Pastor Jeffrey W.

Alexander. 907 S. 3rd.UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH OFLAMAR — Pastor Ramon

Robledo107 S. 6th.FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH —Pastor Rory Gillespie.

1110 S. 6th.ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL

CHURCH —Pastors Wayne Parppirt &

Carol Miller 4thand Parmenter, Lamar.VICTORY LIFE WORLD

OUTREACH— Pastor Mike Caldwell.

110 N. 6th.FIRST SOUTHERN

BAPTIST CHURCH— Pastor Harold Bohl. 706

W. Pearl.LIFE CENTER

FOURSQUARE — PastorManuel and Debbie Tamez.

1807 S. 11th SCOMMUNITY CHURCH OF

THENAZARENE — Rev. Roy L.

Gueswel. N.8th and Maple.FAITH FRIENDS CHURCH

— PastorGalan Burnett. 7th &

Chestnut.SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTCHURCH — Pastor Dale

Fuhrmeister.S. 6th and Savage Ave.,

across from ballparks.APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY

CHURCH —Pastor Jose E. Roman. 411

N. 2nd.CHURCH OF JESUS

CHRIST OFLATTER-DAY SAINTS —

1700 S. 14thSt.LAMAR CHURCH OF

CHRIST — 210

E. College Rd.

LAS ANIMASST. PAUL EVANGELICAL

LUTHERANCHURCH — Pastor Robert

Glasgow. 1119Amb. Thompson Blvd.PARKVIEW BAPTIST

CHURCH —Pastor Nathan Gumkey

1625 6th St.

MCCLAVEUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH OFMCCLAVE_— Rev. T.L.

Phillips. GrantAve. & 1st Street.

SPRINGFIELDSPRINGFIELD CHURCH OF

GOD —Rev. John W. Kakish —

900 Tipton Street.FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

— PastorBruce Lore — 801 Church

St.SPRINGFIELD BAPTIST

CHAPEL —Rev. E. Russell Young —

441 Pinion.OUR LADY OF

ANNUNCIATION —Rev. Charles Sena 140

Kansas St

WILEYUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH OFWILEY — Rev. T.L. Phillips

— Gordon &4th Street.VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH

—Meets at the Wiley

Community Building.Missionary/Pastor Douglas

Sanford.CHURCH OF GOD —

Pastor MichaelBowen, 104 Welton.WILEY COMMUNITY

CHURCH —Pastor Mike Schneider,

500 Main.


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