Los Caminos Antiguos
PROGRAM
Summary
Program Preview
Video Tape
Credits
HISTORY
Introduction
Ancient Lands/Peoples
Tierra Incognita
A New Flag
A Breeze of Freedom
The Road Today
References
WAYSIDE EXCURSION
Alamosa
Manassa
Great Sand Dunes
The Penitentes
The Buffalo Soldiers
LESSON PLANS
Follow the Road to Farming
What's in a Name?
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
Ancient Lands/Peoples
Tierra Incognita
A New Flag
A Breeze of Freedom
HISTORICAL ARTICLES
Historical Articles
Colorado Desert
U. S. Expeditions
Hardship, Death & Arrest
1848 Expedition
Bill Signed for Dunes Park
Monument for Dunes Park
Thar's Gold
Western Pop
The Singing Sands
TRAVEL
Chambers/Visitor Centers
Weather/Road Conditions
Map
RESOURCES
Los Caminos Antiguos Timeline
America's Byways Timeline
Teacher's Guide

Lake with grasses
San Luis Lakes State Park
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Los Caminos Antiguos

Video Tape

Frontier Pathways videoLos Caminos Antiguos, the “ancient road,” evolved over the centuries from a prehistoric trail to a thoroughfare of the San Luis Valley, Colorado.

Today's 123-mile byway follows the route of the conquistadors, into territory where conflicts erupted between Native Americans, Spanish immigrants and new Americans migrating west by wagon and rail.

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HIGHLIGHTS
Cumres & Toltec Railroad
Cumbres & Toltec Railroad
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Los Caminos Antiguos begins at Cumbres Pass near the Colorado-New Mexico border.


Purle wildflowers with yellow centers
Cosmos wildflowers
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The byway travels through some of Colorado’s oldest towns such as Conejos, San Acacio and San Luis.


Aspen and pine covered mountain
Fall aspen
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The road loops through Fort Garland and ends up at Alamosa.
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