X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Las Animas


Bailey J. Santistevan, Sr.

(Sept 1901 - July 1954) - was a baseball coach who was born in Las Animas, Colorado in 1901.

Las Animas

Rancho Las Animas, a land grant in Santa Clara County, California

Las Animas, Colorado

Built in 1916 to replace the old Columbian School (1887), Columbian Elementary School was the only building of Spanish architecture style in Las Animas.


Marlman, Colorado

Marlman lies along SH 194 15 miles northeast of La Junta and 20 miles west of Las Animas, the county seat and the largest city of the county.


see also

Chañaral

For this reason, the town was founded October 26, 1833 as Chañaral de las Ánimas ("Chañar field of the Souls").

Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway

--p. 16: Oars run betwe~n Las Animas street and Rock Island bridge--> a trolley park beyond Boulevard Park

Matthias W. Day

John Denny and Second Lieutenant Robert Temple Emmet, who like Day had graduated from West Point in 1877, also received the Medal of Honor for their actions at Las Animas Canyon.

Scouting in Colorado

The Rocky Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts of America is headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado, and provides program services to over 100 chartered partner organizations, delivering Scouting to more than 4,600 youth through 167 Scout units in 19 counties of Southern Colorado, including Pueblo, Fremont, Crowley, Kiowa, Prowers, Bent, Otero, Baca, Las Animas, Costilla, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Saguache, Huerfano, Custer, Lake and Chaffee Counties.