Author: Jeff D. EberlePublisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634992411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Abandoned Southern Colorado and the San Luis Valley
Author: Jeff D. EberlePublisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634992411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Some History and Reminiscences of the San Luis Valley, Colorado
Author: Darrel NashPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532067445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Who does this land belong to? How have cultures gained access to this land? Who gets to decide who is right? These are the questions that inspired Nash to write this book. Although in recent decades, there have been significant studies and reports on the history of San Luis Valley and, more generally, the southwestern United States, this intriguing story is largely unknown to many residents. More importantly, most of the history commonly known is told by those that won the valley from several previous inhabitants and cultures. This work gives a prominent place to the stories as told by indigenous people and Spanish-speaking people before the arrival of northern European descendants. Nash draws from a wide variety of sources to bring a condensed version of this broader story.
San Luis Valley
Author: Dana EchoHawkPublisher:
ISBN: 9781320087957
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In southern Colorado,rural life-ways, traditions and culture languish between what life was like in the past and the progress of today's faster pace. During 6 months in 2005, the author photographed the daily community life and cultural traditions of San Luis residents. As a snapshot in time, her photos convey visual stories of individuals and activities that shape the unique character of these communities. Her camera lens captured stunning landscapes, adobe churches, cemetery grave markers bearing the names of past residents and visually preserved the local architecture. Her photos stand as a record for a moment in time during 2005 in the San Luis Valley.
The San Luis Valley, Second Edition
Author: Virginia McConnell SimmonsPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 087081530X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In this sparkling new edition of The San Luis Valley: Land of the Six-Armed Cross, Virginia McConnell Simmons lays before the reader the stories and voices of this multicultural land. Ranging from prehistoric peoples and historic Indians to early Spanish settlers, trappers, American explorers, railroads, and Euro-American pioneers, this book is a comprehensive volume covering the geography and social history of Colorado's San Luis Valley.
The San Luis Valley
Author: ColoradoSan Luis
Author: Dana MaestasPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467132470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Established on April 5, 1851, Colorado's oldest town, San Luis de la Culebra, remains remarkably true to its heritage. Nestled below the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant in the San Luis Valley, San Luis and its descendants sustain a way of life and preserve a culture in this high, isolated desert region. Eighteen men migrated north from New Mexico into the northernmost area of Spanish exploration in the mid-1800s to settle San Luis along the Culebra River. These pioneering families brought their use of communal land and water and a language dating back to 16th-century Castilian Spain. They carried on a deep faith from the Old World into the New. The traditions of San Luis and the surrounding villages--Chama, San Pablo, San Pedro, San Francisco, and San Acacio--continue today among the young and old who remain the keepers of culture.
The San Luis Valley
Author: A Heritage of Saints from the San Luis Valley of Colorado
Author: Kent VanceNorth to the San Luis Valley
Author: Archie RoyPublisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434912973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
What Lies Beneath Colorado
Author: Eilene LyonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493076191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
What Lies Beneath Colorado Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards explores the hidden personal trials and triumphs discovered in Colorado’s oldest cemeteries, bringing the history of the state to life. Covering the entire state by region, the stories explore Spanish conquest, Native American history, the gold rush, community development, homesteading and ranching, love and loss, conflict and resolution, scandal and honor. Sidebars include material on Hispano culture in southern Colorado, headstones and cenotaphs, notable historic figures, cemetery lore, Ute treaties, crime and punishment. A must read for any fan of western history and an excellent resource for Colorado family historians.