Las Animas
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Other Name: -, District: Colorado, State: West, United States of America
Area: 1.3 sq mi
Languages Spoken: English
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Las Animas, located in southeast Colorado, is east of Pueblo, near Bent`s Fort.Flourishes as a trading center for the stock ranches and irrigated farms of the surrounding high plains and as a destination for vacationers interested in water sports, hunting and history.Location
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For much of its 16-year history,the fort was the only major permanent white settlement on the Trail between Missouri and the Mexican settlements.
The largest body of water in southeast Colorado, the reservoir offers excellent fishing and water sport opportunities.
Kit Carson House was a home of frontiersman Kit Carson in Taos, New Mexico.It is operated now as a house museum.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.