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eastern plains
6 Porch Notes tagged “eastern plains,” from counties across Colorado.
Water and land - El Paso County
Paint Mines: clay spires on El Paso County's eastern plains
Near Calhan, Paint Mines Interpretive Park protects about 750 acres of colorful clay hoodoos and a 9,000-year human history, free and open dawn to dusk.
Read note ->History and culture - Arapahoe County
Deer Trail and the rodeo that may be the world's first
On July 4, 1869, ranch hands near Deer Trail held a bronc-riding contest widely recognized as the world's first rodeo, and the eastern-plains town still rides every summer.
Read note ->History and culture - Yuma County
Old Threshers Day in Yuma: a harvest run on steam
Each year the weekend following Labor Day, Yuma fires up antique steam engines and threshing machines and works real wheat the old way, twice a day.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Las Animas County
Las Animas County's plains edge holds part of the Comanche National Grassland
The eastern side of the county includes a piece of the Comanche National Grassland, open prairie and canyon country the Forest Service manages where public access takes some planning.
Read note ->History and culture - Adams County
A free summer-only museum keeps Strasburg's railroad story alive
On the Adams County plains in Strasburg, the seasonal Comanche Crossing Museum gathers a 1917 depot, two relocated one-room schools, and thousands of everyday artifacts on a couple of landscaped acres.
Read note ->Cars and driving - Cheyenne County
Firstview, where eastern Colorado travelers first catch the mountains
Firstview is a tiny spot on US-40 west of Cheyenne Wells, named for the place where westbound plains travelers first catch a distant glimpse of the mountains.
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