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  2. La Junta, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    La Junta is a home rule municipality in, the county seat of, and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. [8] The city population was 7,322 at the 2020 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado 68 miles (109 km) east of Pueblo. The city is home to Otero College.

  3. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Location: Otero County, Colorado, United States: Nearest city: La Junta, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 799 acres (3.23 km 2) [2]: Built: 1833: Architect: William Bent; Charles Bent: Visitation: 28,131 (2009) [3]: Website: Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site: NRHP reference No.: 66000254: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966 [4]: Designated NHL: June 3, 1960: Designated NHS ...

  4. Otero County, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Otero County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,690. [1] The county seat is La Junta. [2] The county was named for Miguel Antonio Otero, one of the founders of the town of La Junta and a member of a prominent Hispanic family.

  5. List of forts in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    La Junta area Otero: 1834 1849 Trading post National Historic Site and museum [4] Fort Le Duc: Fort Maurice, Buzzard's Roost, El Cuervo Wetmore area Custer: 1830s 1854 Trading post No remains [4] Fort Vasquez: Platteville: Weld: 1835 1842 Trading post Restored and museum [4] Fort Jackson: Ione area Weld 1837 1838 Trading post Foundation remains ...

  6. Colorado's annual tarantula migration is a must-see vermin event

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    But there was one adventure the veteran storm chaser had never chased until he visited La Junta, Colorado, one September - hoards of tarantulas. Laubach visited the small Colorado city in the ...

  7. Koshare Indian Museum and Dancers - Wikipedia

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    The Koshare Indian Museum is an art and scouting museum in La Junta, Colorado. [1] The building, located on the Otero Junior College campus, is a tri-level museum with an attached kiva that is built with the largest self-supporting log roof in the world. [2] The building was built in 1949. [3] The museum features works of Pueblo and Plains ...

  8. North La Junta, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    North La Junta is a census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population of the North La Junta CDP was 482 at the United States Census 2020 . [ 1 ] The La Junta post office ( Zip Code 81050) serves the area.

  9. La Junta Indians - Wikipedia

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    La Junta is located at the confluence of the Conchos River and the Rio Grande. The Conchos River is the larger of the two. Two terraces rise 20 and 60 feet above the floodplain. Only desert vegetation grows on the terraces. The La Junta Indians lived on the terraces and used the floodplain for agriculture, fishing, hunting, and gathering wild ...