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La Junta is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The city population was 7,077 at the 2010 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado east of Pueblo. ==History== La Junta (Spanish for "the junction") rests at the intersection of the Santa Fe Trail with the Arkansas River. The town developed near Bent's Post, a fur trading post of the 19th century. During World War II, La Junta had an Army Air Force Training Base outside town. An Air Force detachment of the Strategic Air Command remained there until modern flight simulators developed in the 1980s rendered live flight unnecessary for pilot training maneuvers. At least one military aircraft crashed close by during such training maneuvers.〔("Bomber Crash" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', 28 September 1987〕 The airport, located north of La Junta, has of tarmac and two runways which are still in use. One runway (east-west) is long and the other is . (). The Caboose (pictured here) is the drive-through for the State Bank, which was established in 1893. The bank has been remodeled with antiques, including a teller line from the late 1890s.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Junta, Colorado」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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