125 South Main – The Wilson Building
This building was built in 1895 and held a grocery, dry goods, and shoe store with a lodge hall on the second floor.
119 South Main
This building was a post office from 1900 until 1907 when it became a drug store.
117 South Main
Built in 1889, this was The Opera House, which also contained other businesses on the ground floor.
100 South Main
This is the site of one of the first businesses in Lamar—The Hess Saloon.
The Willow Creek Nature Trail
The Willow Creek Trail provides a unique opportunity for visitors to observe migratory birdlife, native plants, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish in a variety of ecosystems, including short grass prairie and riparian habitats.
Pike’s Tower
Forty-foot-tall Pike’s Tower is located in the eastern section of Willow Creek Park and was developed in 1933 as Colorado's first Works Progress Administration (WPA) depression-era work project in Lamar.
John Martin Reservoir State Park
John Martin Reservoir, the largest body of water in southeastern Colorado, sits like a sapphire on the plains. This state park is not only a Santa Fe National Historic Trail Site but many also consider it to be a birdwatcher's paradise with almost 400 species documented.
Granada
Today, irrigated farming dominates Granada’s landscape, where local farms grow melons, onions, peppers, and more.
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).
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.