Antonito is located on US 285 in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. This is a beautiful area full of big views and agricultural endeavors. Antonito is also the eastern terminus of the Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge Railroad. South of town, US 285 crosses into New Mexico, passes San Antonio Mountain and heads for Tres Piedras. West of town, Colorado 17 follows the Conejos River up into the San Juan Mountains/San Juan National Forest and crosses Mogote Pass and Cumbres Pass before crossing the New Mexico line and descending into Chama, the western terminus of the Cumbres & Toltec RR.

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Cumbres & Toltec Railroad
Hidden away in a little-known corner of the southern Rocky Mountains is a precious historic artifact of the American West that time forgot. Built in 1880 and little changed since, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is the finest and most spectacular example of steam era mountain railroading in North America. Its equipment, structures and vast landscape exist today as if frozen in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Jack Dempsey Museum
Jack Dempsey, born in Manassa, Colorado, June 24, 1895, went on to become the heavy-weight boxing champion of the World. At age 14, Jack began fighting at mining camps under the name "Kid Blackie." At age 24, Jack was the first superstar of the ring, and one of the most popular champions ever. In 1950 the Associated Press voted the "Manassa Mauler" the best heavy-weight of the first half of the 20th century.

The Museum opened in the 1960s in a one room log cabin near the spot where Jack grew up. Displayed are boxing mementos and pictures donated by locals and the Dempsey family. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day.

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Oldest Church in Colorado - Conejos, Colorado
Our Lady of Guadeloupe Parish Church. The oldest Parish in Colorado built in 1857. Located in Conejos, Colorado, just off US Highway 285. Joseph Machebeuf (1812-1889), spread Roman Catholicism throughout Colorado. A French missionary, he was sent to Colorado from Santa Fe by Archbishop Jean Lamy. He said first Mass in Colorado in a crude adobe chapel in Conejos in 1858. It was later replaced by Our Lady of Guadeloupe Church, Colorado's oldest church. The organ is a rare, intact survivor by Denver organ-builder Charles Anderson, built in 1876, and may be the oldest organ in the state.

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