Las Animas, Colorado
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Las Animas is the statutory city that is the county seat of, the most populous community in, and the only incorporated municipality in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The city's population was 2
City Hall (2010)
U.S. Post Office in Las Animas
St. Mary's Catholic Church in Las Animas
Bent County Courthouse
Fort Lyon
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Fort Lyon was composed of two 19th-century military fort complexes in southeastern Colorado. The initial fort, also called Fort Wise, operated from 1860 to 1867. After a flood in 1866, a new fort was
Las Animas, Colorado
…Gantt's Picket Post, also known as Fort Gantt, was built near the present-day Las Animas in 1832, operating as a trading post until 1834. The second Fort Lyon military post was built in Las Animas in 1867. It operated until 1897. Water is a central issue in Las Animas. Like many cities in southeastern Colorado…
One of the Fort's main buildings in 2013.
Bent's New Fort was rented to the U.S. government and used as a military post from 1860 to 1867