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Eastern Mojave Vegetation
| Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. |
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Alamosa was established in May 1878 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and quickly became an important rail center.
The railroad had an extensive construction, repair and shipping facility in Alamosa for many years and headquartered its remaining narrow gauge service here with trackage reaching many points throughout southwest Colorado and northern New Mexico.
Alamosa is now a notable tourist town with many nearby attractions, including the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and Colorado Gators Reptile Park.
The town hosts "Summer Fest on the Rio" which occurs the first weekend in June and the Early Iron car show over the Labor Day weekend.
The city takes its name from the Spanish adjective Alamosa, meaning "of cottonwood", for the cottonwood forests which grow along the Rio Grande and throughout town.
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M, Date and time this article was prepared:7:38:40 PM, 12/9/2024. | |
