Bristol - Granada

Granada started platting their town in 1871, many years before Colorado even became a state in 1876.  It was filed on June 10, 1873 and recorded in the Las Animas Leader on June 13, 1873.

The panic of 1873, which was when banking giant Jay Cooke & Company of Philadelphia, financiers of the Northen Pacific Railroad failed, it stopped the progress of the railroad just a few miles east of Old Granada.  This is when Granada became known by the name “End of the Track or Line”, by the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company in the latter of 1872 to 1873.

Granada became the second most prosperous town on the eastern plains of the newly established State of Colorado.  Home of Fred Harvey, of the Harvey House Company, a well run establishment aimed at the travleing public. The Harvey House Restaurants were known for their great food and even better service. Many young women were trained to be polite hostesses with excellent moral reputations.

Granada was also home of a Japanese Internment Camp in 1942 with just over 7,300 residents. Camp Amache can be visited today to see what remains of the camp. A museum run by local high school students and their teacher who are excellent interpreters for the site.