Lathrop State Park, located 2 miles (3 km) west of the city limits of Walsenburg, is Colorado's first state park and is over 1,600 acres (6.5 km 2) in size. Martin Lake and Horseshoe Lake offer fishing stocked by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, water skiing, boating, and jet skiing.
JAMES VAN DER ZEE. Click to enlarge AVAILABLE WORKS. James Van Der Zee (June 29, 1886 - May 15, 1983) was an African American photographer best known for his portraits of black New Yorkers. He was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Aside from the artistic merits of his work, Van Der Zee produced the most comprehensive documentation of the period.
1 Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (31 January 1808 â 21 April 1881) was the second President of the Orange Free State, from 1855 to 1859. 2  He was born in Kogmanskloof, Montagu and completed his schooling in Swellendam and Graaff-Reinet where he worked for a further 14 years. The first Graaff-Reinet citizen to die in the jail at the Castle in Cape Town. 2  Coenraad de Buys (1761â1822) A Boer farmer of the Eastern Cape frontier who rebelled against both the Dutch and English authorities. 3  Nearly 7 ft tall, he is reputed to have been the first white man across the Vaal River.