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    Walsenburg is the statutory city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The city population...
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    county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,820. The county seat is Walsenburg. The county, whose name comes from...
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    routes. In southern Colorado, the routes primarily follow I-25, including at Aguilar, but with deviations, such as along the Walsenburg business route. In...
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    located in the area of Walsenburg, Colorado, were just a few of the mines owned by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. The Colorado Supply company store...
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    Huerfano, where the Colorado and Southern railroad passed through Trinidad and Walsenburg. It followed the 1912 Northern Colorado Coalfield Strikes.: 331 ...
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    mining town located in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The town was founded in 1904 northwest of Walsenburg near the portal of the Calumet Coal...
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    The Giordanos were European coal miners who had settled in the Walsenburg, Colorado area. They dug additional geothermal wells, and built an enclosed...
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    Peak, Mount Blue Sky, Pikes Peak, and the Spanish Peaks near Walsenburg, in southern Colorado. This area drains to the east and the southeast, ultimately...
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    community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States that has been annexed into Walsenburg. The U.S. Post Office at Walsenburg (ZIP Code 81089) now serves...
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    Robert Ford (outlaw) (category People from Walsenburg, Colorado)
    throat. Within a few years, Ford settled in Colorado, where he opened a saloon and gambling house in Walsenburg. When silver was found in Creede, Ford closed...
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    1887; then shortened it to Walsenburg on December 22, 1892. Westcliffe has served as the seat of Custer County, Colorado since 1928. Wray has served...
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    Xavier Atencio (category People from Walsenburg, Colorado)
    Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion. Atencio was born in Walsenburg, Colorado in 1919. He was a Disney artist from 1938 to 1965, when he became...
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    In Colorado, cannabis has been legal for medical use since 2000 and for recreational use since late 2012. On November 7, 2000, 54% of Colorado voters...
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    shot. Jack Chase did win several regional belts in the US, including the Colorado state title, the Rocky Mountain Regional Middleweight and Welterweight...
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  • – 3,096 Walsenburg – 3,049 Bayfield – 2,838 Telluride – 2,607 Palisade – 2,565 United States portal Colorado portal Politics portal Colorado's congressional...
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    County, Colorado. The City of Cortez is the seat of Montezuma County, Colorado. The City of Walsenburg is the seat of Huerfano County, Colorado. The City...
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    164. In 2021, the portion of the highway between Walsenburg and the highway's junction with Colorado State Highway 12 was designated a National Scenic...
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    Area code 719 (category Area codes in Colorado)
    La Junta, Walsenburg and southeastern Colorado. It was created in a split of area code 303 on March 5, 1988. While 303 had been Colorado's sole area code...
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  • KFEZ (category Radio stations in Colorado)
    to Walsenburg, Colorado broadcasting an all 80s music format. KFEZ serves the areas of Pueblo, Walsenburg, Rocky Ford, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. KFEZ...
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    Walsenburg, Colorado. In 1970 many US highways in the Four Corners region were re-aligned. U.S. 160 was diverted southwesterly from Cortez, Colorado to...
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    John David Albert (category People from Walsenburg, Colorado)
    his death in Montana. He is buried in the old Catholic Cemetery at Walsenburg, Colorado. St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Baptismal Record Baker, Leighton...
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  • line to allow a distress call as three boys drowned in a pond in Walsenburg, Colorado. By the late 1980s, party lines were removed in most locales. They...
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    exotic materials in his custom knives. He is currently based in Walsenburg, Colorado. Snody worked as a Quality Control Inspector in the petroleum industry...
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  • cities there include Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Cripple Creek, Cañon City, Salida, Buena Vista, Monte Vista, Alamosa, Walsenburg, and Trinidad. The landscapes...
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    America. Contents Active Camps Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa...
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    Interstate 25 Business (I-25 Bus.) north of Walsenburg. SH 69 starts at a junction with I-25 Bus. just north of Walsenburg. The highway heads northwest over Long...
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  • KSPK-FM (category Radio stations in Colorado)
    FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Walsenburg, Colorado, United States, the station is currently owned by Mainstreet Broadcasting...
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    Huerfano County Courthouse and Jail (category Buildings and structures in Huerfano County, Colorado)
    County Courthouse and old Walsenburg jail now the Walsenburg Mining Museum, are historic buildings in Walsenburg, Colorado in Huerfano County. The courthouse...
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    CoreCivic (section Colorado)
    inmate in 2009. CCA closed the Huerfano County Correctional Center at Walsenburg, Colorado, in 2010. CCA appealed an initial county assessment of $30.5 million...
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    highway in the US state of Colorado. SH 10's western terminus is at Interstate 25 (I-25) and U.S. Route 160 (US 160) in Walsenburg, and the eastern terminus...
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