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Koshare Indian Museum 115 West 18th Street La Junta, CO 81050 (719) 384-4411

You will find authentic Native American and Western crafts and gifts to give, to collect, and to appreciate in the Koshare Trading Post.

In addition, to the art and artifacts, see the largest self-supported log roof in the world -- one of the most popular features in the museum.

Discover the inspiring story of how a group of boys built the Koshare program. The story begins at the bottom of the Great Depression.

The Koshare Indian Dancers are the members of Boy Scout Troop 232 and Venturing Crew 2230 of the Rocky Mountain Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Fun Places to Go with Children in Colorado: Second Edition Revised and Updated

Page 122: "Children will find the layout of the museum of interest, particularly its round ceremonial room."

Colorado Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

Page 14: "Ask any junior high girl: it's next to impossible to get a junior high boy to dance. But not in La Junta, where..."

Frommer's Colorado

Page 56: "...a surprising find with wonderful early-20th-century art..."

Moon Handbooks Colorado

Page 148: "It might be tempting to zip through La Junta without stopping, but it'd be a shame to miss this wonderful museum..."

John Fielder's Best of Colorado

Page 64: "...Koshare Indian Museum has an impressive collection of Native American art and artifacts, especially early 20th-century beaded clothing..."

Lonely is the Road U.S. 50: A Journey Across the Heartland

Page 70: "To the south of U.S. 50 is the Koshare Indian Museum, home for Native American art and the famed Koshare Indian Dancers from Boy Scout Troop 232..."