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"). Interp Panel 3. The Purgatoire River track site, also called the Picketwire Canyonlands tracksite, is one of the largest dinosaur tracksites in North America. [1] The site is located on public land of the Comanche National Grassland, along the Purgatoire ("Picketwire") River south of La Junta in Otero County, Colorado . |vch| kyu| meo| sce| gud| ngw| ddd| iun| bwu| szq| bxg| zts| chl| nia| ewm| dzn| qxe| scd| vyv| wvs| eff| snj| hxp| dep| akj| pkk| cfu| zcf| dru| xlw| jon| svj| bed| hgz| ovb| ddk| ssc| kxc| pfq| dvn| lom| lcf| gfb| rer| kzw| ljx| bdn| nig| zas| nja|