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Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Raton.
Built in 1901 by the American Smelting and Refining Company, Cokedale is the most intact coal company town in Colorado, with 350 beehive coke ovens still standing in rows along the canyon and original miners' cottages still occupied.
Touch the half-inch rock layer that marks the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs.
1865 toll road over the pass: $1 per wagon. 5000 wagons a year. Sold to the railroad in 1878.
Ghost town cemetery with 600 white iron crosses. Two mine explosions killed 386 men total.
1915 theater with eight 1934 WPA murals depicting Raton's frontier history. Still in use.
AT&SF crews beat the rival D&RG to Raton Pass with picks and shovels — winning New Mexico.
200-acre National Register district with 95 Victorian buildings from the railroad boom era.
A man raised the flag here before NM was a state. The canyon holds dinosaur extinction evidence.
Coal company town of 1000 immigrants ran 1912-1941. Miners earned $1/ton. Now a state park.
13 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
1915 theater with eight 1934 WPA murals depicting Raton's frontier history. Still in use.
200-acre National Register district with 95 Victorian buildings from the railroad boom era.
AT&SF crews beat the rival D&RG to Raton Pass with picks and shovels — winning New Mexico.
Touch the half-inch rock layer that marks the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs.
A man raised the flag here before NM was a state. The canyon holds dinosaur extinction evidence.
Coal company town of 1000 immigrants ran 1912-1941. Miners earned $1/ton. Now a state park.
1865 toll road over the pass: $1 per wagon. 5000 wagons a year. Sold to the railroad in 1878.
You're driving through a place that once decided the fate of empires: Raton Pass. Back in 1846, during the Mexican-American War, the U.S. Army needed a route to invade New Mexico. Explorer Kit Carson told General…
Largest shooting facility in the US: 33300 acres and 25 ranges with shots out to 3700 yards.
Driving through Trinidad, you might not expect to find a beautifully preserved piece of Jewish history, but Temple Aaron is just that! In the late 1800s, Trinidad was a bustling commercial center, drawing people from…
Imagine the grand performances that once graced the stage of the Jaffa Opera House, a High Victorian Italianate gem built in 1883. The Jaffa Opera House, located in Trinidad, Colorado, was built in 1883. The first floor…
Built in 1901 by the American Smelting and Refining Company, Cokedale is the most intact coal company town in Colorado, with 350 beehive coke ovens still standing in rows along the canyon and original miners' cottages…
Step back in time to Cokedale, where the echoes of coal mining still resonate. This preserved historic district offers a glimpse into the daily lives of early 20th-century coal miners and their families. Cokedale was a…
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