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Historical Markers in La Junta

 
Clickable Map of Otero County, Colorado and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Otero County, CO (29) Bent County, CO (9) Crowley County, CO (2) Kiowa County, CO (31) Las Animas County, CO (60) Pueblo County, CO (40)  OteroCounty(29) Otero County (29)  BentCounty(9) Bent County (9)  CrowleyCounty(2) Crowley County (2)  KiowaCounty(31) Kiowa County (31)  LasAnimasCounty(60) Las Animas County (60)  PuebloCounty(40) Pueblo County (40)
La Junta is the county seat for Otero County
La Junta is in Otero County
Otero County (29)  ►
ADJACENT TO OTERO COUNTY
Bent County (9)  ►
Crowley County (2)  ►
Kiowa County (31)  ►
Las Animas County (60)  ►
Pueblo County (40)  ►
 
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1 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — An Adobe Outpost — Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site —
2 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — At Home in the Valley —
3 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — A Babel-Tongued Multitude — Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site —
4 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Bent's Fort on Santa Fe Trail —
5 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Bent's Old Fort along the Santa Fe Trail —
6 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — A Cast of Colorful Characters — Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site —
7 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — City of La Junta —
8 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Edward Dorris —
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9 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Explore the La Junta Region —
10 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — An International River —
11 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Mountain Men to Merchants — Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site —
12 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — No Fur, No Fort — Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site —
13 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — The Purgatoire River Region — Higbee —
14 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Railroads Built this Town —
15 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Ranching and Farming —
16 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Recreation on the Comanche Grassland —
17 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — A Ribbon Across the Plains —
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18 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Santa Fe Trail —
19 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Sheer Abundance to Near Extinction — The abundant and diverse wildlife of the Arkansas River Valley was important to the establishment an —
20 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Trading Post on the Trail —
21 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Trail Sites to the East — Santa Fe National Historic Trail —
22 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Trail Sites to the West — Santa Fe National Historic Trail —
23 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Traveling Through History — Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site —
24 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Welcome to the Borderlands — Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site —
25 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — You are Standing on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail —
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026