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lamar
5 Porch Notes tagged “lamar,” from counties across Colorado.
Outdoors and wildfire - Prowers County
Each winter, snow geese rest on the plains near Lamar
Prowers County's reservoirs and grain fields near Lamar are a winter stop on the Central Flyway, where flocks of snow geese roost and feed during migration.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Prowers County
Lamar throws a four-day festival for the snow geese each February
Every February, Lamar hosts the High Plains Snow Goose Festival, a four-day birding event with guided field trips, expert talks, a photo contest, and a craft fair built around the winter migration.
Read note ->History and culture - Prowers County
Big Timbers Museum gathers the Prowers County story
A mile north of Lamar on US 50, the Prowers County Historical Society's museum pulls Santa Fe Trail, Dust Bowl, and military history into one low-cost indoor stop.
Read note ->History and culture - Prowers County
The Madonna of the Trail stands in Lamar
In Lamar, the Madonna of the Trail statue marks the Santa Fe Trail's story and sits near a welcome center where you can learn the area's history.
Read note ->History and culture - Prowers County
Lamar's gas station built from petrified wood
On Main Street in Lamar, a 1932 service station built from local petrified wood makes a free, two-minute stop where the walls themselves are a geology lesson.
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