Night at The Museum with Author of Rocky Ford: Taming the Western Prairie
Night at The Museum with Author of Rocky Ford: Taming the Western Prairie The Rocky Ford Museum guest speaker for October. Her name is Bonnie J. Swink Mohr. She is the great great granddaughter of George W. Swink (the man who built Rocky Ford). Sh...
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Voices Under the Wind Reader's Theatre Announced at Rawlings Museum on Oct 12th
Voices Under the Wind Reader's Theatre Announced at Rawlings Museum on Oct 12th Scenes from “Voices Under the Wind,” an original play about the history of Bent’s Old Fort, will be revived as a program for the Bent’s Fort Ch...
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Otero Museum Chuckwagon Dinner - September 28, 2024
Events starts on September 28, 2024, 5:30 pm to September 28, 2024, 7:30 pm
Otero Museum Chuckwagon Dinner - September 28, 2024 Otero Museum Annual Chuckwagon Dinner Fundraiser on Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Museum is located at 3rd and Anderson in La Junta. • Old-fashioned beef stew ...
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Today is History: Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery Earns National Register of Historic Places Status - Presentation on September 11, 2024
PLEASE JOIN US Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Rocky Ford Depot 6:30 pm On July 29, 2024, Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery in Rocky Ford was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The public is invited to attend a presentation ...
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10th Annual Boggsville Days Oct 5, 2024
Events starts on October 5, 2024, 9:00 am to October 5, 2024, 4:00 pm
Free Admission!! 10th Annual Boggsville Days Saturday, October 5th-9 a.m.-4 p.m. Multicultural Dancers, Old Town Gunfighters, Buffalo Soldiers, Demonstrations, History Re-enacters, Chuck Wagon Cooking, Wagon Rides, Live Music by Forrest and Margar...
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Rocky Ford’s Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery Placed on the National Register of Historic Places
Rocky Ford’s Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery Placed on the National Register of Historic Places The Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery in Rocky Ford has been given special recognition by the Department of the Interior-National Park Service throug...
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Rocky Ford Night at the Museum: Betty Blanco 9/11 Presentation
Rocky Ford Night at the Museum: Betty Blanco 9/11 Presentation The Rocky Ford Museum would like to invite the community of Rocky Ford and vacinity area to A Night at the Museum program. Who: Betty Blanco, La Junta Resident What: A lecture and prog...
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The Buffalo Soldiers' Role in The American West Presentation in Rocky Ford
The Buffalo Soldies' Role in The American West A Free Lecture about the Buffalo Soldiers' role in the opening of the American West is offered Saturday, July 13, at 1:00 in Rocky Ford's Grand Theatre. The featured speaker is Dennis Moore of Colorad...
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Bent’s Old Fort 4th of July Celebration - 2024 Event Schedule
Bent’s Old Fort 4th of July Celebration - Event Schedule Visitors young and old are invited on Thursday, July 4, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm to celebrate American Independence with a series of activities and programs. 1:00 p.m. — Tolling of t...
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Bent's Old Fort NHS Closing for Asbestos Removal in July
Bent's Old Fort NHS Closing for Asbestos Removal Reconstructed fort to temporarily close for asbestos removal LA JUNTA, Colo. – From Monday, July 8 through Friday, July 12, 2024, the reconstructed fort at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Si...
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