What's new on what's old and attractive to tourists? Film crews are currently at work filming public service announcements featuring historical sites and youth in this area. The next filming will be July 11, 12, 13 and one of those dates will be at Boggsville. Interning from Fowler High School is Ashley Clemenson. Doing the filming is Eagle Ridge Media.
Speaking of Boggsville, don't miss the ice cream social on July 24 (Boggsville Historic Site is just a few miles east and then south of Las Animas on County Road 23.5 - turn off U.S. Highway 50 on CR 24-jog at GG, then right at 23.5 ).
Canyons and Plains, the new name of Southeast Colorado Regional Heritage Task Force, recently received $50,000 from the State Historic Society and matched it with $50,000 from Preserve America to fund the public service announcement filming. These PSA's will be shown before first run films at historic theaters in the state.
Canyons and Plains met at the Business and Art Incubator for Entrepreneurship (BAIE) Center in Rocky Ford on Thursday. Abbey Christman, architectural historian and survey coordinator for Colorado Preservation Inc., reported on the Baca County historical survey.
Christman is known for her work on the recent Pinon Canyon historical survey on private land. Also, she will be the featured speaker at Boggsville on July 24.
Richard Carrillo, archaeologist, presented a report on the mapping of the New Bent's Fort. The map will include the presence of three additional rooms outside the presently restored fort: the Indian room, the guard room, and the clothing room. In 1852-1853 the military built breastworks at the fort with two gun emplacements. There are also the remains of tipi rings and other small structures. The fort itself has been "picked clean" of artifacts except for some bottle cherds, cut nails, etc. Carrillo pointed out that the rooms themselves have a couple of feet of fill, and upon more investigation (deeper digging) would probably reveal more artifacts. Some of the artifacts found previously are on display at the Kiva or stored there. He was surprised that the present restoration corresponds exactly with the last mapping of the old fort. Michelle Slaughter is working on the map for presentation. Carrillo is hoping for additional grants to include money for ground penetrating radar (GPR).
Also in progress at this time is the first phase of "A Framework for Wayshowing" to produce interpretive kiosks at the four gateways to the southeast region and representing a key partnership with Colorado Division of Wildlife. This alliance brings a $40,000 grant match. Otero County is the applicant with support from Kiowa County. A new partner joining the group is the Comanche National Grassland, United States Forest Service.
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What's new on what's old and attractive to tourists? Film crews are currently at work filming public service announcements featuring historical sites and youth in this area. The next filming will be July 11, 12, 13 and one of those dates will be at Boggsville. Interning from Fowler High School is Ashley Clemenson. Doing the filming is Eagle Ridge Media.
Speaking of Boggsville, don't miss the ice cream social on July 24 (Boggsville Historic Site is just a few miles east and then south of Las Animas on County Road 23.5 - turn off U.S. Highway 50 on CR 24-jog at GG, then right at 23.5 ).
Canyons and Plains, the new name of Southeast Colorado Regional Heritage Task Force, recently received $50,000 from the State Historic Society and matched it with $50,000 from Preserve America to fund the public service announcement filming. These PSA's will be shown before first run films at historic theaters in the state.
Canyons and Plains met at the Business and Art Incubator for Entrepreneurship (BAIE) Center in Rocky Ford on Thursday. Abbey Christman, architectural historian and survey coordinator for Colorado Preservation Inc., reported on the Baca County historical survey.
Christman is known for her work on the recent Pinon Canyon historical survey on private land. Also, she will be the featured speaker at Boggsville on July 24.
Richard Carrillo, archaeologist, presented a report on the mapping of the New Bent's Fort. The map will include the presence of three additional rooms outside the presently restored fort: the Indian room, the guard room, and the clothing room. In 1852-1853 the military built breastworks at the fort with two gun emplacements. There are also the remains of tipi rings and other small structures. The fort itself has been "picked clean" of artifacts except for some bottle cherds, cut nails, etc. Carrillo pointed out that the rooms themselves have a couple of feet of fill, and upon more investigation (deeper digging) would probably reveal more artifacts. Some of the artifacts found previously are on display at the Kiva or stored there. He was surprised that the present restoration corresponds exactly with the last mapping of the old fort. Michelle Slaughter is working on the map for presentation. Carrillo is hoping for additional grants to include money for ground penetrating radar (GPR).
Also in progress at this time is the first phase of "A Framework for Wayshowing" to produce interpretive kiosks at the four gateways to the southeast region and representing a key partnership with Colorado Division of Wildlife. This alliance brings a $40,000 grant match. Otero County is the applicant with support from Kiowa County. A new partner joining the group is the Comanche National Grassland, United States Forest Service.
