Santa Fe Trail
Vogel Canyon Picnic Area, CO

American Indians lived in this canyon 300-800 years ago and left rock art which is visible on the canyon walls. During the 1870s, a spur off the Santa Fe Trail (Las Animas to Trinidad) was developed by the Barlow and Sanderson Mail and Stage Line. Sections of the stage coach road and ruins of the station can still be found. Settled during the depression era, stone-walled ruins from the Westbrook homestead still stand. Today the area is a nice picnic spot with easy to moderate hiking trails available that allow you to explore this area.