Las Animas County, Colorado
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Las Animas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,555. The county seat is Trinidad. The county takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally called El Río de las Ánimas Perdidas en el Purgatorio, which means "River of the Lost Souls in Purgatory."
Las Animas County Courthouse in Trinidad
Statue of Liberty replica at the Las Animas Courthouse in Trinidad
Public library in Trinidad serves Las Animas County
Philatelic cover postmarked Officer, Colorado on the last day of service. Mail from this discontinued post office was then handled at Villegreen, Colorado, now also a discontinued post office.
Baca County, Colorado
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Baca County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,506. The county seat is Springfield.
Located at the southeast corner of Colorado, the county shares state borders with Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
The Baca County Courthouse in Springfield.
Dust Storm in Baca County, 1935.