by Tony | Oct 19, 2023 | History
After the United States acquired the Louisiana territory in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson dispatched Lewis and Clark to explore the north. Concurrently, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike and his soldiers embarked on a mission to investigate the territory’s southern...
by Tony | Oct 19, 2023 | History
Tom Sharp was born in Hannibal Missouri, the same birthplace as and within a few years of Mark Twain and the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown. Tom Sharp served the Confederacy during the Civil War but received numerous wounds for his efforts and was paroled from the Army of...
by Tony | Oct 19, 2023 | History
Part of the noted Taos or Trapper’s Trail leading from Bent’s Fort to Taos ascended the Huerfano River from the Arkansas River to the old community of Badito, branched southwest up Oak Creek, and crossed the east side of Sheep Mountain and the west side of...
by Tony | Oct 19, 2023 | History
The Trujillo Homesteads, settled in the 1860s and 1870s by Teofilo Trujillo and his son, Pedro, are located in Alamosa County along the western boundary of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. In 1864, at the age of 24, Teofilo Trujillo migrated from...
by Tony | Oct 19, 2023 | History
Prior to the Europeans arrival, Spanish Peaks Country served as a crossroads for the native people of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Taos Pueblo in New Mexico was a major trading center for over 1,000 years, and the Native people, who spread many trading...
by Tony | Oct 19, 2023 | History
The Cameron Mine was opened prior to the incorporation of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company under the Colorado Coal and Iron Company. It was named after James Cameron, a manager for the CC&I who died in 1881. The Cameron Mine was located along the main line of...
