All Entries Tagged With: "Boggsville"
Petroglyph, Dinosaur Track, Canyons, Birding, Float trip, & Sand Creek Site Tours
The 18th ‘Annual Rollin’ Along the Santa Fe Trail’ Auto Tours and ‘Bent on Birding and Heritage’ Festival provides a popular annual venue for visiting Southeast Colorado during May 14-17, 2015. Join the 4 day trips and 3 evening treks to celebrate Birding & Wildlife, and Colorado Archaeology & Historic Preservation Month. Over 400 migrating and resident […]
Boggsville: The National Trust’s Newest “National Treasure”
Offers Window into Pivotal Time in American History By Rebecca Atkinson, Director, Boggsville Historic Site, Las Animas, Colorado What does the 1860’s market village of Boggsville near Las Animas, Colorado, have in common with a Frank Lloyd Wright house, an Acoma Village, The Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City, James Madison’s […]
Canyons & Plains to Hold Regional Meeting at Las Animas
Canyons & Plains of Southeast Colorado will hold its regional meeting at the Bent County Courthouse, Las Animas, CO on Thursday, October 2, 2014, 9 a.m. to 11 am. The topic of the meeting will be “Bent County Successes in Preservation,” presented by Bent County Commissioner, Bill Long. Commissioner Long has been very involved in […]
2014 Annual Birding & Heritage Event, May 15-18 Las Animas, Bent County
Head to Las Animas in mid May for the annual entertaining and educational field trips with guides to visit birding trails, petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks in SE Colorado’s canyons and plains. Visit the gateway city to Bent’s Old Fort, for a fun alterative outing for the ‘Bent on Birding & Heritage Festival’. The 17th Annual […]
What Ever Happened to Cathay Williams (A.K.A. William Cathey): Buffalo Soldier?
While it is known that African-American troops were among the first soldiers to serve at Fort Lyons, few people know that America’s only documented female Buffalo Soldier also lived in Colorado. Catharine Williams was born on a plantation near Independence, MO. Although her father was a free man, because William’s mother was a slave, so […]
National Park Service Considering Boggsville in Bent County
COLO. – Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) is pleased to announce that the National Park Service (NPS) is preforming a reconnaissance study of the Boggsville Historic Site in Bent County. If the study determines that the site qualifies to be a “unit” of the NPS then the agency will become responsible for operations, maintenance and preservation of […]