When the fur trade declined in the 1840s and 1850s, many trappers and traders turned to settling the land and raising livestock. One such settlement that can be visited today is ...

Event Description: 100 volunteers, 10 years or older, to help protect the habitat. ... City: Las Animas Zip: 81054 Web: www.voc.org Email: voc@voc.org Phone: 303-715-1010, 800-925 ...

Boggsville, Colorado ... Zebulon Pike came through this area back in 1806, following a Spanish "trace.

The Women of Boggsville, Colorado ... In the 1800's, the Arkansas River Valley was an exciting and dynamic place to be.

NAME: Boggsville COUNTY: Bent ROADS: 2WD GRID: 9 CLIMATE: Cold winter with some snow, cool summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime: COMMENTS: Boggsville is now classified as an Historic ...

Boggsville Historic Site. Historic Background Boggsville is located on the Purgatoire River, two miles south of present day Las Animas on Colorado Highway 101.

Boggsville, Boggsville National Historic District on the Santa Fe Trail, historic homestead ... Boggsville Historic Site. Pioneer life of the Old West comes alive at the Boggsville ...

As you travel along the Santa Fe Trail, come and visit the Boggsville Museum, the first settlement after the establishment of trading post ...

Artist?s rendering of the San Patricio Farm, Boggsville, Colorado, 1888 Courtesy of Richard Carrillo VIEW IMAGE

A Path to Permanent Settlement. Boggsville represents one of the First Non-Military Settlements in Southeastern Colorado. Founded on the Banks of the Purgatoire River in the Early ...