2013 Fort Lyon (Las Animas, CO)
Fort Lyon was built by the US Army in 1867, replacing the older Fort Lyon which was flooded out by the Arkansas River. Most of the original buildings still stand, including the old surgeon's quarters (now a chapel) where Kit Carson died in 1868. Vacant since 2011, Bent County CO officials would like to use the facilities as a rehab center for homeless veterans.
Since 2002, CBS 4 (Denver) has teamed up with Colorado Preservation, Inc. to showcase endangered places in Colorado that--if left alone--would disappear from the historic fabric of our state. Colorado Preservation Inc. publishes the annual Colorado's Most Endangered Places list to bring attention to these sites in hopes that they can be saved.
Colorado Experience: Boggsville
Founded in 1866, Boggsville represented an eclectic mix of people and cultures – with Hispanic, Native American and European immigrants all calling it home. One of the first towns on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, Boggsville thrived due to early sheep and cattle ranching, and a booming trade business thanks to its proximity to the Santa Fe Trial. Examine the legacy of this early settlement and meet the colorful characters who built the once bustling town of Boggsville.
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Boggsville National Historic District
In June 2009, Colorado's State Historical Fund awarded a grant to the Southeast Colorado Regional Heritage Task Force (SECORHT) to support the development of short video public service announcements--including this one on the Boggsville National Historic District--focusing on significant historic sites in southeast Colorado. The video pieces ran prior to first-run films in local theaters that exposes local audiences to significant historic sites in their own backyards. SECORHT hopes this project will serve as a model for other communities.
Colorado Experience: Boggsville - PROMO
Explore the booming 1866 town on the Eastern Plains and the colorful characters who lived there until tragedy struck in the 1880s.
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Nan Rickey
Nan Rickey has been involved in the historic preservation activities of Bent County for more than a decade. She was integral to the preservation of the 1889 Bent County Courthouse, the 1912 Jail, the 1898 International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Lodge #11, the Star School and the historic structure assessment of Boggsville. Her true passion for historic buildings was most obvious in her involvement with the Bent County Courthouse project. Beginning with a historic structural analysis of the Court House in 2004, the process culminated with the completion of the exterior restoration and interior remodeling of this oldest continuously operated courthouse in Colorado. For the Courthouse project, Nan provided invaluable guidance for missing details, restoration procedures and funding. Typically, a project of this size would be funded through several grant applications. Nan realized that the more economical route would be to have one general contractor working through all grant cycles. This approach was unique to the State Historic Funding process and critical
to the success of the project. Nan was instrumental in saving the IOOF Lodge from demolition and worked with the
Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County to achieve success with this community -- enhancing adaptive use project. Completed in 2010, the John W. Rawlings Heritage Center is now a museum, art gallery, and event space. Nan has been invaluable to these projects and the community, as a coordinator, innovator and manager. Her tireless efforts were rewarded when the County Commissioners received the 2010 Governor's Award for Historic Preservation.
Big Timbers Transportation Museum Grand Opening
Video from the June 25, 2011 event includes flag ceremony by Troop 223, invocation by Rev. Rory Gillespie, and speeches by Bill Elam, president of the Prowers County Historical Society, County Commissioner Henry Schnabel and museum curator Kathleen Scranton.
Santa Fe Trail - Sand Creek Massacre Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway
Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway
Why I Love Colorado
This is a project for the Colorado Can Do Students Contest.
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During the height of the Fur Trade, Bent's Fort established itself as one of the most important trading posts in the West - an area which remained largely unexplored by the then -young-and-growing United States. Located along the Arkansas River, Bent's Fort lay only a few yards from what was then Mexico. As the only major permanent settlement along the Santa Fe Trail, it served as a hub of commercial and cultural exchange for Cheyenne and Arapahoe Plains Indians and American trappers, and a stopping point for the US Army, explorers and settlers. Bent's Fort's prominence was short-lived, however; a cholera epidemic devastated the Indian population and caused founder William Bent to abandon the fort in 1849. Salvaging what they could and burning the remainder, Bent's New Fort was built in 1852 in Big Timbers. This episode of Colorado Experience takes you to the original site of Bent's Old Fort, now a National Historic Landmark, where state historians recreate what it was like to visit this Castle on the Plains. Arkansas River Colorado War with Mexico
A Sunday walk in the Purgatoire River
Colorado Experience: Courthouses
Take a journey to three of Colorado's courthouses, and discover these microcosms of The Centennial State's history.
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Colorado Experience: Cinema on the Plains
From 1910 through the 1950s. movie theaters served as a social and community hub for many Eastern Colorado towns. From Eads and Rocky Ford to Wray and Julesburg, cinemas brought the glamour of Hollywood to rural towns and connected them to the rest of the world. However, costs to maintain the theaters forced many to close their doors. From original popcorn machines to 3D screens, discover how the theaters of the Eastern Plains continue to serve as community catalysts.