The Comanche National Grassland - Pueblo

The Comanche National Grassland: It includes over 440, 000 acres in south-eastern Colorado. On the Comanche National Grassland, you can explore south-eastern Colorado's rich history. The Grassland has many stories to tell, from dinosaurs roaming the shoreline of a vast lake 150 million years ago, to Mexican and American traders travelling the Santa Fe Trail 150 years ago. Ancient Rock Art: imagine this area 1,500 years ago. You would have seen ancient peoples creating rock art on the canyon walls. Jurassic Tracks: Imagine what the landscape looked like 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period. Homesteads: If you were a settler in south-eastern Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s your family had to be self-sufficient to survive.