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Near Eads. Another dark chapter in U.S. relations with Native Americans. In 1864, soldiers from the U.S. military attacked a peaceful encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho along Big Sandy Creek, on the Eastern Plains. Out of a group of largely women, children and the elderly, 150 were killed.
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Near Granada. Site of the World War II Granada Relocation Center, a Japanese-American incarceration camp.
Near La Junta. A restored adobe fur trading post from the 1840s. Learn about the authentic Old West history of traders, trappers and Native Americans, all of whom came to the fort to barter.
Through the southeastern Colorado. Trade route between Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Near Florissant. Yes, there really are petrified redwood trees in Colorado, preserved in a rain of volcanic ash during the Pleistocene Era. Up to 1,700 species have been found, making this one of the most diverse fossil beds in the world.
Through Sedgwick County. This route was used by "49ers" on their westward march to the California gold fields from 1849 to 1859.
Through Sedgwick County. Even though it was in operation for only 18 months from April 1860 to October 1861, and was shut down with the advent of the transcontinental telegraph, the Pony Express has become an indelible part of Wild West lore.