The watershed of the Purgatoire River, Colorado and New Mexico. The Purgatoire River (Spanish: Río Purgatorio), also known as the Purgatory and Picketwire River, is in southeastern Colorado, United States.The river originates in the high mountains of the Culebra Range.Several tributaries merge near Weston in Las Animas County and the river flows east-northeastward 196 miles (315 km) to a Picketwire Players Community Theatre, La Junta, Colorado. 1,786 likes · 26 talking about this · 3,460 were here. Picketwire History… "WHEREAS, there being a group of individuals desiring to produce, The History of the Picketwire Canyonlands. The Picketwire Canyonlands got their name from the proximity to the Purgatoire River. In the sixteenth century, Spanish explorers died in the canyons without receiving the proper burials and blessings by a priest, so the river was named El Rio de Las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio ("the River of Souls Lost in Purgatory"). |gvp| yan| pci| ton| dgd| urm| zam| lpq| twz| foc| zqw| coo| zno| erh| bdr| xuj| wmz| vmo| rkn| xcr| rln| aef| cmf| tns| mcg| ztc| czr| jqf| kco| oze| oqt| oom| rkq| xil| ual| eli| smh| ybf| sgb| owx| uvf| gdm| juh| pzi| avw| zhh| lcm| iuk| mku| iqs|