Colorado Elected Officials Request National Parks Service Reevaluate Recent Changes at Bent's Old Fort
House Rep Ty Winter and Senator Rod Pelton Request NPS Reevaluate Recent Changes at Bent's Old Fort Subject: Urgent Request for Reevaluation of Recent Changes at Bent's Old Fort I write to express concerns shared by numerous constituents regarding...
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Letter to the Editor: Staffords Call for Bent's Old Fort Public Meeting
Letter to the Editor: Staffords Call for Bent's Old Fort Public Meeting Historians tell us that Bent's Old Fort was never attacked. Now, it seems, this grand reconstruction of the fabled fort is being attacked from within, leaving La Junta's one m...
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Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Dec 2023 Operations Review By Prycer Consulting
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Dec 2023 Operations Review By Prycer Consulting "In Fall 2023, Prycer Consulting was hired to do a general interpretation and staffing assessment for three sites within the High Plains Group: Amache Natio...
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Dec 2023 Operations Review by Prycer Consulting
This document was obtained from Highplains District Superintendent Eric Leonard. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site "In Fall 2023, Prycer Consulting was hired to do a general interpretation and staffing assessment for three sites within the Hi...
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Bent's Old Fort NHS Update from Park Superintendent Eric Leonard
Bent's Old Fort NHS Update from Park Superintendent Eric Leonard "Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site remains committed to preserving Bent’s Old Fort and the story of its significance in America’s history." "The park is undergoing a perio...
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Rocky Ford Night at The Museum Feb. 28, 2024
Rocky Ford Night at The Museum Feb. 28, 2024 Our next speaker for the Night at the Museum is: Who: Ed Vela, Railroad Historian What: An Over View of the Railroad History and its impact on the lower Arkansas River Valley Where: Rocky Ford Museum, R...
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Rocky Ford Night at the Museum: New Dinosaur Species Discovered! Dec. 13, 2023
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Rocky Ford Night at the Museum: New Dinosaur Species Discovered! A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Who: Warren McClure & Mark Korbitz. Warren is a professor at Otero College in the Biology Department. What: They will talk about a new species of dinosaur
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Otero Sheriff Detention Center Wallbreaking Ceremony Dec. 4, 2023
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OTERO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE & DETENTION CENTER SET FOR “WALLBREAKING” LA JUNTA, CO (November 30, 2023) – On Monday, December 4th at 1:00pm the Otero County Sheriff’s Department and Nunn Construction will be ceremonially demolishing a w...
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Experience what the Holidays may have been like at Bent’s Old Fort on December 2, 2023
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Experience what the Holidays may have been like at Bent’s Old Fort on December 2, 2023 La Junta, CO – The sights, sounds, and smells of what the Holiday Season may have been like at Bent’s Old Fort in the 1830s and 1840s will be on full disp...
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Bent's Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail El Nino Loco: Miguel Antonio Otero, Jr. Nov 11, 2023
El Nino Loco: Miguel Antonio Otero, Jr. Members and friends of the Bent’s Fort Chapter will meet November 11 at the Koshare Museum on the Otero College Campus in La Junta. The meeting will begin at 1pm where attendees will be entertained by Dr. ...
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