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La Junta, Colorado

Everything La Junta is known for

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Music in La Junta

Songs About La Junta

the ride
chris ledoux
70%
july in cheyenne
aaron watson
45%
a tribute to lane frost
aaron watson
22%

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Rivers & Roads in Song near La Junta

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near La Junta.

History of La Junta

Bent's Old Fort

1833

The most important trading post on the Santa Fe Trail, built in 1833 on the Arkansas River when the river was the international boundary between the United States and Mexico.

7.7 mi away

Everything Near La Junta

2 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Bent's Old Fort · 7.7 mi · Historical Marker

    The most important trading post on the Santa Fe Trail, built in 1833 on the Arkansas River when the river was the international boundary between the United States and Mexico.

  • Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site · 7.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Imagine this: a bustling adobe castle rising from the plains, a vital crossroads in the Old West. That's Bent's Old Fort. In 1833, Charles Bent, William Bent, and Ceran St. Vrain built this fort as a trading post. It…

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