Trinidad, Colorado
Population: 9,078
Located in Las Animas County
Trinidad is located in the central southern part of Colorado just north of the New Mexico Border due south of Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Trinidad has a rich history and colorful past as well as a promising future. To the west of Trinidad you will find the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range with peaks up to 14,000 feet. To the northwest of Trinidad you will see the approximately 13,000 foot Spanish Peaks. Fisher's Peak, the unusual volcanic flow landmark with its stair step top, lies to the south, at an altitude of 9,600 feet. The El Rio de Las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio (the river of lost souls in Purgatory), also known as the Purgatoire River, flows through the center of Trinidad. Before the Santa Fe Trail, in the early 1860's, Trinidad was little more than an unnamed campsite along this river at the base of Fisher's Peak. Trinidad's history includes Bat Masterson, who was the town Marshall in the 1880's who was visited by his long time friend and gambling buddy Doc Holiday. Wyatt Earp drove the stage between Trinidad and Box Springs, New Mexico. Many changes have occurred over the years in Trinidad. Now today a town that was mainly dependent on the local coal mining industry has surfaced as a more service based industry and businesses, new and old, are prospering and doing well. Store fronts, that just a few years ago were closed and boarded up, are being fixed up, renovated and restored to house new and upcoming businesses. The Industrial Park just north of town is experiencing a lot of attention these days with new businesses coming to town building their new warehouses and locations. New businesses are welcome here and the opportunities are endless. People here are just down right friendly and in a small mountain community such as this it is easy to be neighborly and make strangers feel right at home. Matter of fact, you have to plan extra time when you go shopping in town, because you are bound to run into numerous friends and acquaintances before you return home. We invite you to come and visit with us and find out for yourselves why people who could have relocated anyplace in Colorado or the US for that matter have decided to make the Trinidad area their home. Don't hesitate, because you will find the land value you have been looking for right here!
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