It’s 719 Day! Here’s what people told us they love about Southern Colorado

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Fishers Peak seen from downtown Trinidad, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021.

  • The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch lies along a gravel road in the Wet Mountain Valley in Custer County, CO.
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719 Day community voices on Colorado Matters
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A shutoff neon sign that says Trinidad on top of a small mountain on a bright day.
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The old hardware store decorated with an American flag in Crestone on the east side of the San Luis Valley.
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    Scenes from Saturday at the Arkansas Valley Fair in Rocky Ford, Aug. 21, 2021.
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    Rodeo night in Rocky Ford on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at the Arkansas Valley Fair.
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Courtesy Kevin Moloney
The Spanish Peaks, a Santa Fe Trail landmark, break the horizon beyond a remote cemetery near La Junta, Colo., Saturday, June 10, 2023. Near here in 1859, on a merchandise buying expedition on the Santa Fe Trail, photographer Kevin Moloney’s great great grandfather Dario Gallegos' six wagons and their loads were burned and his oxen stolen by a raiding tribe. The crew escaped on horses they hid in a nearby arroyo.
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    Pueblo Union Depot, Jan. 30, 2024
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    A powered parachute rider cruises over Lake Pueblo State Park in warm winter weather, Jan. 30, 2024.
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