George Bent
George Bent (1843–1918) was a half-white, half-Native American soldier who fought in multiple battles for the Confederacy during the Civil War and for the Cheyenne people in various wars of the late nineteenth century. His life reflects the shifts in…
Koshare Scouts
The Koshare Scouts is primarily made up of Boy Scout troop 2230 in La Junta, Otero County, that has studied Native American lore and performed tribal rituals since the 1930s. This imitative white group is part of a long American history of “playing…
La Junta City Park
Lincoln School
Lincoln School was an important early school complex on the 300 block between West Second and West Third Streets in La Junta. Built in three phases, the complex started in 1883 with a stone building, was enlarged in 1903–4 with a red brick addition, and…
Nineteenth-Century Trading Posts
Otero County
Torres Cave Archaeological Site
The Torres Cave Archaeological Site is a rock shelter in the wall of a canyon south of La Junta. Excavated in 1977 by the Denver chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society, the site was probably occupied over several centuries as a seasonal Plains…