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Junkrassic Park

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,
Bob Pearce, my daytrip buddy, somehow found out about this place called Junkrassic Park, which sits just a bit northeast of Bent's Old Fort on County Road JJ in Cheraw, Colorado.

It's Johnnie Allen's private residence, but it's also a place of bizarre wonder that is definitely worth seeing. It's not only entertaining and intriguing, but it's also the life and hobby of an old man who has put his farming talents towards the good use of art.

You see, one day his wife asked him t...

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A Town on the Santa Fe Trail

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,
"Now the Santa Fe Trail belongs to the keening wind. It belongs
to summer rains and to the fearful snows of winter. It is owned
by the prairie dog, the jackrabbit, the rattlesnake... And for a
brief interval it is mine, by adoption, since I choose to stake my
claim on a tiny fragment of its shining history."


When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821 the Santa Fe Trail began to boom. Used, in parts, for many years previous by...

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