Conejos River Home Hostel
Visit this summer cabin on the Conejos River in cool Colorado. Eat a free home cooked breakfast and watch the humming birds in season. Walk along the river or drive a dirt road to hike the Rio Grande National Forest or the South San Juan Wilderness. Good day trips include the Sand Dunes National Monument and Zapata Falls, a ride on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad or a visit to San Luis & Taos, New
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Antonito is a town in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 873.
Antonito was once known as the "perlite capital of the world" but with one perlite mill closed and many other businesess closing down the town is struggling to survive finacialy.Town Hall pens an hour late and closes an hour early , facility management budget has been cut, and the town clerk comes in only as needed. The town eliminated health insurance for employees. But most worrisome to residents of this San Luis Valley community of about 800 people is that the town can not afford to support a police force. In December of 2004 the police force was on a day to day operation, but as of January 2005 the police force was disbanded. In February of 2005 the town marshal was let go leaving no one to patrol the streets. After that there were several meetings between agencies on the issue of who would patrol the town. Neither of the appropriate agencies wanted to handle this because the work would entail a lack of compensation. Since disbanding the police force the town has been plagued by numberous crimes both violent and nonviolent.
