Trinidad is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the
most populous city of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The
population was 9,096 as of the 2010 census, up slightly from 9,078 in
2000. The estimate as of 2018 was 8,211. Trinidad lies 21 mi (34 km)
north of Raton, New Mexico, and 195 mi (314 km) south of Denver. It is
on the historic Santa Fe Trail.Trinidad was first explored by Spanish
and Mexican traders, who liked its proximity to the Santa Fe Trail. It
was founded in 1862 soon after coal was discovered in the region. This
led to an influx of immigrants eager to capitalize on this natural
resource. By the late 1860s, the town had about 1,200 residents.
Trinidad was officially incorporated in 1876, just a few months before
Colorado became a state. In 1878 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway reached Trinidad, making it easier for goods to be shipped
from distant locations. In the 1880s Trinidad became home to a number
of well-known people, including Bat Masterson, who briefly served as
the town's marshal in 1882. By 1900 Trinidad's population had grown to
7,500 and it had two English-language newspapers and one in Spanish.
In 1885, Holy Trinity Catholic Church was constructed.In the early
1900s Trinidad became nationally known for having the first woman
sports editor of a newspaper, Ina Eloise Young. Her expertise was in
baseball, and in 1908 she was the only woman sportswriter to cover the
World Series. During the same time, Trinidad was home to a popular
semiprofessional baseball team that was briefly coached by Damon
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