Lamar - Hometown Colorado a Tourist's pleasure

Have you ever wondered what to do for Vacation? If you live in the Midwest, or Colorado, to be more precise, I have a suggestion... Visit the southeastern projection of Colorado and all the astounding tourist sites colse to Lamar, Colorado.

Lamar, Colorado is hometown to some famed people. A few of them you might recognize, like Scott Elarton currently of the Kansas City Royals? Writer Gary Penley put Lamar on the map with his book "Rivers of Wind" and N.T. Betz wrote "The Fleagle Gang: Betrayed by a Fingerprint" a newspaper reporters collaborative article of a notorious crime spree including the 1928 robbery of the First National Bank that changed the face of Lamar forever. And me, Jan Verhoeff, an article marketer and writer who spends her time promoting new businesses and tourist trades in the southeastern projection of Colorado.

Lamar, Colorado is a stop over for famed people. Zebulon Pike chose the Willow Creek Valley for an bivouac while his men weathered a bitter winter and ready for their long jaunt westward to the place where he saw Pike's Peak. Although he never genuinely climbed the peak, it bears his name in remembrance. Oprah Winfrey stopped over just long adequate to label local cowboys as racist rednecks, refer to those of us who live here as renegades living in the "armpit of America," and additional endear herself to us by implicating that we are all gun toting criminals. A host of Country Music Stars have visited the prairie town and left their mark on the habitancy with two astounding country radio stations.

Lamar, Colorado is home of the Big Timbers Museum. Recently renovated, the Big Timbers Museum houses a large range of memorabilia for the area, forces showcases including one of only 13 Revolutionary Flags, and such nifty specialties as a huge ball of twine, an early permanent wave engine (yikes), and tributes to the American Pioneers.

Lamar, Colorado is a Historic community on the Arkansas River. Home of a stolen Rail Road Depot, Lamar claims more than an median share of historic structures and plentifulness of stories to tell. This community sports a cozy Arts Center, Enchanted Forest (amazing on the dryland prairies), and the best known baseball diamonds and golf procedure this side of Texas.

If you're finding for tourist-y things to occupy your time, visit our community and join any of the summer celebrations happening while your visit. It's a high time on the prairie tonight, the barn dance will be rockin'!

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