Lamar Theater
The Lamar theater opened its doors on November 15, 1946, as a single screen, "High Art Deco" theatre.
Granada
Today, irrigated farming dominates Granada’s landscape, where local farms grow melons, onions, peppers, and more.
Wiley
The town epitomizes the best of rural life and small-town friendliness. Walk through town and discover beautiful sandstone curbs and gutters built as a WPA project and the little sandstone school house designate on the National Historic Register.
Works Progress Administration in Prowers County: A Self Guided Tour
In 1935, under the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration, later called the Works Projects Administration (WPA).
Great High Prairie State Wildlife Areas
State Wildlife Areas (SWAs) are state or privately-owned lands that offer wildlife-related recreation to the public. While most activities focus on hunting and fishing, each SWA has different allowed activities based on location and available resources.
Shore Arts Center
The Shore Arts Center was donated by the Shore families of Denver and opened in October 2006. It is now owned and operated by the Arkansas Valley Wind & Percussion Ensemble, Inc.
The Colorado Welcome Center
Lamar is home to one of 10 official Colorado Welcome Centers, each of which is strategically placed so anyone traveling into Colorado has a convenient place to stop and learn what there is to do in that area and around the state.
Gobbler’s Knob
Gobbler’s Knob is a group of Dakota Sandstone outcroppings located on Highway 287 about 23 miles south of Lamar.
The Fleagle Gang and The Fingerprint that Proved Their Guilt
The Fleagle case was the first time FBI fingerprint examiners were able to connect a single print left on a piece of evidence with an actual person, thus proving that person’s involvement in a crime.
Holly
Like many communities in eastern Colorado, Holly was founded after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad began laying tracks across western Kansas and into Colorado in 1873.