Tag
national park service
4 Porch Notes tagged “national park service,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Kiowa County
Near Eads, the Sand Creek Massacre site is sacred ground the National Park Service cares for
The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Kiowa County is a place of mourning for the Cheyenne and Arapaho people, and the National Park Service is the agency that protects and explains it.
Read note ->History and culture - Prowers County
Amache, near Granada, is a place to visit with care
Near Granada in Prowers County, Amache is the site of a World War II incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, now part of the National Park System.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Mesa County
Colorado National Monument is a national park unit, not a state park
The red-rock monument outside Grand Junction is run by the National Park Service, so its fees, camping, and rules differ from Colorado's state parks.
Read note ->History and culture - Conejos County
Conejos County sits inside the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
Conejos County is one of three counties in the federally designated Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, a recognition of the San Luis Valley's layered cultural and natural history.
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