Las Animas County Colorado

Trinidad rated #3 in True West's Top Ten Western Towns of 2008!  Read about why at the links below.

http://www.twmag.com/cms/story/detail/top_10_true_western_towns_of_2008/120/-1/

www.trinidadco.com

Ludlow Massacre - Read about and see some excellent pictures of the area and the memorial by clicking the link below.

http://www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org/ludlow.html

Simpson's Rest at Trinidad - Read about and view marvelous photos of the site where George S. Simpson, one of Trinidad's early settlers, scout, explorer and trader hid from the warring Utes and requested the rock to be his final resting place.

http://www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org/srest.html

Las Animas County, Home to History, Heroes and Scoundrels - Read a history of Las Animas from the Sheriffs' points of view.  Linked from Colorado Sheriff, published by the County Sheriffs of Colorado.  Article starts on page 9.

http://www.csoc.org/documents/magazine/COSheriffWinter05.pdf