Trinidad, Colorado
By: Meghan Saar 02/01/2008
Trinidad, Colorado, is one town that can boast the town founder's home is not only still around, but also maintains the Victorian style of its original owners. Santa Fe Trail merchant Felipe Baca moved here in the early 1860s, settling this fertile valley with 12 other families. The two-story adobe home he paid 22,000 pounds of wool for in 1873 is today's Trinidad History Museum (312 E. Main St.). A few years before the house was built, in 1867, acting governor Frank Hall said, "Trinidad has the most frontier style of living in the whole of Colorado Territory." It still does.
Who's the person in Trinidad who everyone knows? Trinidad native Fran Monteleone. She owns and operates the very popular Nana and Nano's Pasta House and Deli (418 E. Main St.). Enjoy spicy sauce and meatballs, locally made sausage and goat cheese, and real hometown hospitality.
Favorite Local Cuisine: Locals debate who has the best red chile fries. You decide: go to Lee's Barbeque (825 San Pedro) and Bob and Earl's Cafe (left, 1118 Robinson Ave.). To hell with cholesterol!
What historic site do most of the schoolchildren visit? The Santa Fe Trail Museum (312 E. Main St.) to see Kit Carson's coat and make miniature adobe bricks.
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