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trinidad
5 Porch Notes tagged “trinidad,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Las Animas County
The Ludlow site north of Trinidad tells a powerful chapter of Colorado labor history
Las Animas County was a center of the Colorado coalfield strikes, and the Ludlow site, where lives were lost in 1914, is a national historic landmark worth visiting thoughtfully.
Read note ->History and culture - Las Animas County
Downtown Trinidad is a National Historic District called El Corazon de Trinidad
The brick-paved heart of downtown Trinidad is a listed National Historic District, which can affect how older buildings there are changed or restored.
Read note ->Local rules - Las Animas County
In Las Animas County, your address sits inside more than one government
Land here can fall under the county, a municipality like the city of Trinidad or the town of Aguilar, and one or more special districts at the same time, and each can set rules or charges.
Read note ->History and culture - Las Animas County
Felipe Baca is remembered as a founder of Trinidad
The county seat traces its start to Hispanic pioneer Felipe Baca, who is credited with settling the Purgatoire valley around 1860 and drawing other families there, and the town became the seat when Las Animas County was created in 1866.
Read note ->History and culture - Las Animas County
The A.R. Mitchell Museum fills a 1906 department store on Main Street
Trinidad's museum of Western art honors local painter Arthur Roy Mitchell and sits inside the historic Jamieson department store building in the heart of downtown.
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