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Originally Posted by McGowdog
Nice pics, La Junta! I kind of envy your camera angle. I can't quite get up that tall. 
I see that road in the first pic... going off to Trinidad - 350. Then the one cutting straight west is 10 to Walsenburg, right?
So... Rocky Mountain Oyster lunch for $6.50? Yum! Pass the bread and butter!
That town is laid out just like I thought it was; bassackwards! From 50, you see all these train tracks and some old industrial and ag buildings blocking you view from the river and its valley of green trees lining it; then the town is build to the south away from the road that takes you through town from west to east. You really have to drive through town and out to the park to enjoy it.
So tell us more about that museum and your favorite places to dine! |
McGowdog...
You are right again...,and you can get Rocky Mountain Oysters at 3 places: Frontier Diner in Cheraw, Copper Kitchen (Featured on Alton Brown's show on the Food Network), and the Cafe at La Junta Livestock.
HWY 350 is the one towards the top of the pictures that angles off diagonally towards Trinidad (southwest. HWY 10 is in the upper right quadrant, and is kind of a line going west through the farmland.
The town is built to the south of what everyone sees, but in the glory days of the Santa Fe it was OK. There was a Harvey House where the Amtrak station is now, and it was a stately looking structure...in fact, I'll find some pics of it and post!
There are actually 2 museums. The Otero Museum is on 3rd street (old Highway 50) and is comprised of about 6 buildings. It has stagecoaches, covered wagons, firetrucks, old tractors, guns...quite a place. It has been said by guests from the various Colorado Visitors Centers that it is one of the most "hands on" places they have visited. (See
Otero Museum for more information.)
The Koshare Indian Museum is home to the World Famous Koshare Indian
Dancers of Boy Scout Troop 232 of the Rocky Mountain Council founded in 1933. The Museum itself houses one of the finest collections of Southwestern art and artifacts in the United States. All of the pieces in this multi-million dollar collection were selected by the Scouts over the years.
There is also an authentic reproduction of a Native American Kiva, which is round in shape, wit adobe walls and a 40 ton log roof counstructed of over 600 logs. It is the largest self-supporting roof of its kind in the country, thanks to the efforts of architecht Damon Runyon...distant cousin of the Damon Runyon of Pueblo's Runyon Field.
The Koshares perform their summer and winter ceremonials there, as well as special performances. Find out more at
www.koshare.org
Well...almost lunchtime...so let me go out and sample another place before I start on favorite eateries in town.
More later.....and once again, here's hoping that other towns in Southern Colorado jump in.
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