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Badito Huerfano River crossing and county seat
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Mexican reales, trade goods, percussion caps, cartridge cases, horseshoes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1860s-1870s trail crossing settlement and county seat
Settlement at an ancient crossing of the Huerfano River on the Taos Trappers Trail, where a Spanish adobe fort was noted in 1819; it was Huerfano County seat from 1868 to 1874 before the seat moved to Walsenburg. The post office closed in 1910.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
highway traffic, river
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