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4 Porch Notes tagged “la junta,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Otero County

Bent's Old Fort tells the Santa Fe Trail story near La Junta

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta is a reconstructed 1800s trading post on the Santa Fe Trail and a careful place to learn the valley's layered history.

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Cars and driving - Otero County

A Santa Fe Trail Drive Through Otero County's Plains Towns

Trace the Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway through Otero County, linking Bent's Old Fort, the Sierra Vista overlook, the Otero Museum, and La Junta's old downtown in one easy day by car.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Otero County

Vogel Canyon offers short trails, springs, and old rock art near La Junta

Vogel Canyon in the Comanche National Grassland south of La Junta has short hiking loops, canyon springs, ancient rock imagery, and old stage-route ruins, all on Forest Service land.

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History and culture - Otero County

La Junta is the Otero County seat and grew up as a railroad town

La Junta is the seat of Otero County and built much of its early growth around the Santa Fe Railway, which still shapes the town's layout and economy.

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