Along this way plodded the wagon trains that crossed the river east of town and were headed southwest toward Raton Pass. Notably, you’ll see a building listed in the National Registry of Historic Sites, the Baca House-Bloom Mansion-Santa Fe Trail Museum complex of the Colorado Historical Society, some stately homes on “Aristocracy Hill”, Colorado’s oldest continuously utilized Jewish synagogue, the handsome County Courthouse, and an outstanding museum of western art.
