San Luis Valley

SAN LUIS VALLEY

The San Luis valley is the largest alpine valley in the World

The Valley is considered a Sacred Place by the American Indians

Links: ~ San Luis Valley Tourism ~ San Luis Valley Events ~ San Luis Valley Counties ~

Towns & Villages ~ San Luis Valley History ~ Admixture in the Hispanics of the SLV ~

San Luis Valley Land Grants ~ The UTES ~ San Luis Valley Organizations ~ San Luis Valley Resources ~

San Luis Valley Water ~ San Luis Valley Agriculture ~ San Luis Valley Mountains & Rivers ~

Historic Roads in the San Luis Valley ~ San Luis Valley Present Day Passes ~

San Luis Valley Historic Passes ~ San Luis Valley Railroads Timeline ~

~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~ STATE OF COLORADO ~ 4 CORNERS SW USA ~

SAN LUIS VALLEY CO

San Luis Valley – Text – Photos – Links – KSCLAND Site -

http://www.kscland.com/valley/

San Luis Valley – Photos – Links – Image MAP -Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/places/slv/

San Luis Valley MAP – CO Directory Site -

http://coloradodirectory.com/maps/sanluis.html

San Luis Valley MAP – Colorado State University Site –

http://www.colostate.edu/Orgs/VegNet/coagmet/maps/slvmap.html

San Luis Valley – Demographics – Text – Links – Wklipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Valley

San Luis Valley CO by James S. Aber – Emporia State University –

http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/field/rocky_mt/zapata.htm

SLV Junction – Publication – “Community Bulletin Board” The San Luis Valley Homepage -

http://www.slvjunction.com/

San Luis Valley Bibliography –

http://www.alamosaco.homestead.com/SLVbibliography.html

In the Valley of the Six-Armed Cross – Book about the San Luis Valley - by Virginia McConnell Simmons –

http://www.upcolorado.com/book/The_San_Luis_Valley_Second_Edition_Paper

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San Luis Valley Tourism

San Luis Valley Tourism Association –

http://www.slvheritage.org/partners/pdf/SLVTA-media-kit-2009.pdf

San Luis Valley Recreation & Tourism – Links – Upper Rio Grande Development Council Site -

http://www.urgedc.com/Recreation.html

San Luis Valley Internet Business & Vacation Guide –

http://slvguide.com/

Cultural Heritage of the San Luis Valley -

http://www.slvheritage.org/

Agri-Tourism – Links -

http://www.slvheritage.org/partners/agri-tourism

Alamosa Convention & Visitors Guide – Links -

http://www.coloradodirectory.com/alamosacountry/

Del Norte Area Attractions –

http://www.delnortechamber.org/attractions.html

Great San Dunes National Park Information – Links -

http://www.great.sand.dunes.national-park.com/info.htm

Saguache Tourism –

http://www.saguachetourism.com/

San Luis Valley Recreation – MAP – Links – Wildernet Site -

http://activities.wildernet.com/pages/recguide.cfm?areaname=San%20Luis%20Valley%20Area&areaID=COTRSL&CU_ID=1

South Fork – Links to Tourism Information –

http://www.southfork.org/index.asp

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad – Antonito CO to Chama NM –

http://www.cumbrestoltec.com/

Rio Grande Scenic Railroad – Alamosa to La Veta -

http://www.riograndescenicrailroad.com/

~ San Luis Valley Tourism ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Events

San Luis Valley Calendar of Events – SLV Guide Site -

http://www.slvguide.com/CALENDAR.HTM

San Luis Valley Calendar of Events – Links – Upper Rio Grande Development Council Site –

http://www.upperriograndeguide.com/Events.html

~ San Luis Valley Events ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Counties

~ Alamosa County ~ Conejos County ~ Costilla County ~ Mineral County ~

~ Rio Grande County ~ Saguache County ~

~ San Luis Valley Counties ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Towns & Villages

San Luis Valley Town Listings – SLV Heritage Site -

http://www.slvheritage.com/heritage-visitor-resources/visitor-resources

San Luis Valley Dweller – Towns & Villages – Links - Online History, Culture, News & Events – SLV Dweller Site -

http://www.slvdweller.com/

~ Towns & Villages ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley History

Link to: ~ San Luis Valley Land Grants ~The UTES ~

The Unique History of the San Luis Valley – Article – SLV Citizens Alliance Site -

http://www.slvcitizensalliance.org/history.htm

San Luis Valley History – MAP – Melby Ranch Site –

http://www.melbyranch.com/slhist.htm

San Luis Valley History – Text – Links – MAPS - KSCLand Site -

http://www.kscland.com/slv_history/

History of the San Luis Valley – Museum Trail Site –

http://museumtrail.com/ValleyHistory.asp

History of the San Luis Valley – Information by Topic - Museum Trail Site –

http://museumtrail.com/TeachersandStudents.asp

A History of the San Luis Valley – Text – Photos – Links –Black Smoke Site -

http://www.wagon-wheel-gap.freehomepage.com/Towns-SLV.htm

Hispano Music & Culture of the Northern Rio Grande by Juan B. Rael –

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rghtml/rghome.html

Cultural Heritage of the San Luis Valley -

http://www.slvheritage.org/

San Luis Valley Archaeology Network –

http://slvarchaeo.net/

Rock Art of the San Luis Valley – Article – Interactive MAP - SLV Archaeology Network Site –

http://slvarchaeo.net/slvrockart1.htm

Prehistoric Stone Structures in the San Luis Valley – Photos – SLV Archaeology Network Site -

http://slvarchaeo.net/stone_structures.html

~ San Luis Valley History ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

Admixture in the Hispanics of the SLV

Admixture in the Hispanics of the San Luis Valley Colorado, and its implications for complex trait gene mapping -

Charts & Grafts - University of Toronto Site -

http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~parraest/profile/PDF%20files/Bonilla%20et%20al.%20%202004.pdf

Admixture in the Hispanics of the San Luis Valley Colorado, and its implications for complex trait gene mapping -

University of London Site -

http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/publications/list.php?inpress=1&filter=list&value=15008793&view=abstract

The Secret Jews of the San Luis Valley – Article by Jeff Wheelright – Photos by Scot S. Warren –

Smithsonian Magazine Site -

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/san-luis-valley.html

~ Admixture in the Hispanics of the SLV ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

Link to: COSTILLA Co CO

San Luis Town (1851) First European Settlement in Colorado

San Luis Peoples Ditch (1852) First Water Right in Colorado

1852 Ft. Massachusetts Built ~ 1858 Ft Garland Built

Link to: CONEJOS Co CO

Spanish Colonists from Northern NM towns such as Abiquiu, El Rito, Rio Arriba, Rio Colorado

& Taos, made several attempts to settle along the Conejos River starting in the 1840's, but

but were driven back by the "Utes" to New Mexico. Conejos Village was settled in 1854 -

First Church in Colorado 1857 “Our Lady of Guadalupe” 1857

~ San Luis Valley History ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

SAN LUIS VALLEY LAND GRANTS

Spanish-Mexican Land Grants: A Brief Introduction – Article – Links - State of Colorado Site –

http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/mlg/mlg.html

Spanish-Mexican Land Grants – MAP – State of Colorado Site –

http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/mlg/mlgmap.html

San Luis Valley Land Grants – A Short Partial History by By Marlin Aker Jr. – Links –

Karen Mitchell Site -

http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/sanluis.html

Sangre de Cristo Land Grant – Article by Dr. Maria Mondragon -Valdez – NM History Site -

http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=705

San Luis Land Grant & Sangre de Cristo Land Grant – Text by Marlin Aker, Jr. Site –

http://www.kmitch.com/Taos/sanluis.html

Mexican Land Grants in Colorado –– MAP – Article by Martha Quillen – Dec. 2001 –

CO Central Magazine Site

http://cozine.com/2001-december/colorados-mexican-land-grants/

The Center for Land Grant Studies – Links – SW Books Site -

http://www.southwestbooks.org/

~ San Luis Valley Land Grants ~ San Luis Valley History ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

The “UTES”

Chronology of the Ute Tribe – Ute Mountain Ute Site –

http://www.utemountainute.com/chronology.htm

Southern Ute Tribe History – Southern Ute Site -

http://www.southern-ute.nsn.us/history/history.html

Ute Mountain Ute – The Story of the Ute Tribe – Ute Mountain Ute Site –

http://www.utemountainute.com/story.htm

“The UTES” – Text – Photos – Links - by Richard N. Ellis – Mountain Studies Site –

http://www.mountainstudies.org/databank/history/UteHistory.htm

People of the Shining Mountains – “The UTE” – Text – Silverstage Site -

http://www.silverstage.net/utes.htm

~ The UTES ~ San Luis Valley History ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley ORGANIZATIONS

San Luis Valley Animal Welfare Society -

http://www.slvaws.org/

Boys and Girls Club of the San Luis Valley –

http://www.bgcslv.org

La Puente – Non-profit organization - “Endeavors to provide immediate needs & to empower

People to live independently”

http://www.lapuente.net/

San Luis Valley Board of Cooperative Educational Services –

http://www.slvbocs.org

San Luis Valley Early Childhood Council –

http://www.valleykidscare.org/

San Luis Valley Development Resources Group –

http://www.slvdrg.org/

~ San Luis Valley Organizations ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Regional EMS/Trama Advisory Council – RETAC -

http://www.sanluisvalleyretac.org/index.html

San Luis Valley GIS/GPS Authority –

http://slvgis.info/

San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center -

http://www.slvahec.org/

The San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource Center –

http://www.slvirc.org/

San Luis Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center –

http://www.slvmhc.org/

San Luis Valley Museum Association – MAP – Museum Trail Site –

http://museumtrail.org/

San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.

http://www.slvrec.com/

Save the San Luis Valley – Advocacy Organization -

http://www.saveslv.org/

~ San Luis Valley Organizations ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Resources

Environmental & Conservation Educational Council – ECEC -

http://www.slv-ecec.org

Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust – “Conserve our land water & way of life in Colorado’s

Rio Grande Basin”

http://www.riograndelandtrust.org/

San Luis Valley Citizens Alliance – “Protecting the land, water, air, wildlife, people, and

ecological integrity of the San Luis Valley”

http://www.slvcitizensalliance.org/

The San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council –

http://slvec.org/

San Luis Valley Upper Rio Grande Ecosystem – MAP – Links – US Fish & Wildlife Service –

http://www.fws.gov/alamosa/SLV.html

Upper Rio Grande Development Council –

http://www.urgedc.com/State.html

The San Luis Valley Focus Area – US Fish & Wildlife Site –

http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/pfw/colorado/co34.htm

San Luis Valley Resource Conservation & Development – Independent Non-profit Organization –

http://www.slv-rcd.org/

San Luis Valley Public Land Center – BLM Site –

http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/slvplc.html

San Luis Valley Native Plant Society –

http://www.conps.org/san%20luis%20valley.html

The San Luis Valley – The Nature Conservancy Site -

http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/colorado/work/art382.html

Alamosa/Monte Vista/Baca National Wildlife Refuges –

http://www.fws.gov/alamosa

Friends of the San Luis Valley National Wildlife Refuges –

http://www.slvrefuges.org/

~ San Luis Valley Resources ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Water

San Luis People’s Ditch –

http://www.slvheritage.com/heritage-attractions/san-luis-peoples-ditch/?show_more=1

Vallejos Ditch (1854) – Article by Virginia Sanchez –

http://home.comcast.net/~virginia.sanchez/Vallejoscostilla.pdf

San Luis Valley Acequias – Text – Photos – Links – SLV Dweller Site -

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/plugin/tag/acequias

San Luis Valley Water Protection Coalition –

http://www.slvwater.org/

The Iberian Origins of New Mexico’s Community Acequias by Jose A. Rivera UNM –

Thomas F. Glick Boston University –

http://eh.net/XIIICongress/cd/papers/17GlickRivera409.pdf

Acequias Culture: Historic Irrigated Landscapes of New Mexico (and southern CO) – Paper

By Jose A. Rivera and Louis Pablo Martinez – 18 pages – Social Organization & Irrigation Site -

http://jacintapalerm.hostei.com/AMERICANISTAS_MEX_Rivera_Martinez.pdf

Hydrogeology of the San Luis Valley CO an Overview & a Look to the Future – Text with Diagram –

by Philip A. Emery – NPS Site -

http://www.nps.gov/grsa/naturescience/upload/Trip2023.pdf

Geohydrology of the San Luis Valley - Text with Diagrams – by Philip A. Emery

http://iahs.info/redbooks/a128/iahs_128_0297.pdf

Dry Land & Water – San Luis Valley CO – MAPS – Photos - Text – Graphs -

Links – by Prof. Paul R. Baumann, State University, Oneonta NY -

http://employees.oneonta.edu/baumanpr/geosat2/Dry_Land_Water/Dry_Land_Water.htm

San Luis Valley & Rio Grande Basin – MAP – Chart – Links - CO Geological Survey Site –

http://geosurvey.state.co.us/wateratlas/chapter7_1page1.asp

Rio Grande Basin and San Luis Valley Aquifer – Article – MAPS – Charts – Links – Water Watch Alliance Site -

http://sites.google.com/site/waterwatchalliance/riograndebasinandsanluisvalleyaquifer

The San Luis Valley Project – Water History in the SLV - by Wm. Joe Simonds – USBR Site –

http://www.usbr.gov/history/sanluisv.html

The San Luis Valley Project – Article – Bureau of Reclamation - USBR Site –

http://www.sutron.com/pdfs/BUREC_SanLuisLake.pdf

San Luis Valley Project – Water Regulation – USBR Site -

http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=San+Luis+Valley+Project

~ San Luis Valley Water ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Agriculture

A 21st Century Look at Ranching in the San Luis Valley – Article by Bill Hatcher – Photos by

Mark Rosso – CO Magazine Site -

http://cozine.com/2009-september/a-21st-century-look-at-ranching-in-the-san-luis-valley/

Wild Horse Mesa Community Service Cooperative – Cattle, Hogs, Sheep & Goats - Text – Links -

http://wildhorsemesacolorado.org/index.htm

Southern Colorado Livestock Auction – Links –

http://www.southerncoloradolivestockauction.com/index.html

The Legacy of in Colorado – Links – Video –

http://www.cobeef.com/thelegacyofcattleincolorado.aspx

Agriculture: Life Blood of the San Luis Valley – Potatoes, Alfalfa, Native Hay, Barley & Wheat –

Spinach, Head Lettuce, Carrots, Canola, - Colorado State PDF Site

http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/SLVRC/CROPWATER/2002lifeblood.pdf

Potatoes Past – Agriculture in the SLV - History - Mountain Valley Produce Site -

http://www.mvproduce.com/papahistory.html

Colorado Potatoes – Grown in the San Luis Valley since 1875 –92% of Colorado’s potatoes are grown in the SLV –

Short History – Links – CO Potato Site –

http://www.coloradopotato.org/colorado_potato_history.php

CO Potato Administrative Committee – San Luis Valley Office -

http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5070114

San Luis Valley Research Center – CO Agricultural Experiment Station -

http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/SLVRC/

Alfalfa Research Summary – SLV Research Center –

http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/SLVRC/CROPWATER/alfalfavariety20022004.pdf

Spud Potato Harvest in the SLV – You Tube Site -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSH3I9HzrwM

SLV Potato Harvest 2008 – You Tube Site -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYB0Xi6o3gc&feature=related

~ San Luis Valley Agriculture ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY~

San Luis Valley Mountains & Rivers

Rio Grande River - Link to: 4 CORNERS RIVERS

Alamosa River, Conejos River Link to: CONEJOS Co CO

Costilla Creek ~ Culebra Creek ~ Link to COSTILLA Co CO

San Juan Mountains – Sangre de Cristo Mountains –

~ San Luis Valley Mountains & Rivers ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY~

Historic Roads in the San Luis Valley

“The North Branch” of the Old Spanish Trail (1826-1850) was a wagon road running through

the San Luis Valley. The road started in Santa Fe NM, running north to present day Saguache,

west over Cochetopa Pass into the Gunnison Valley. The road continued west to Green River UT

where it connected with the Main Route of the Old Spanish Trail. From there, the road went south

& west to Los Angeles CA.

The Santa Fe Trail (1821-1880’s), ran from western Missouri, to Santa Fe. In the early 1800’s it

was the only major trail coming west. The western end of the Santa Fe Trail and its branches, all

had to cross the Sangre de Cristos Range over mountain passes. In the San Luis Valley there are

five historic passes in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Those going on to CA could link up with the

Old Spanish Trail in the San Luis Valley, at Santa Fe or Abiquiu NM. Thousands of people and their

animals came this way.

~ Historic Roads in the San Luis Valley ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

Legendary Trails of Southern Colorado – Text – Links – Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/history/trails.htm

“Rediscovering the old route from Santa Fe to Los Angeles” – Article by Martha & Ed Quillen – COZINE Site –

http://cozine.com/1994-june/rediscovering-the-old-route-from-santa-fe-to-la/

Old Spanish Trail – Text - MAP – Museum Trail Site -

http://www.museumtrail.org/OldSpanishTrail.asp

Old Spanish Trail – Text – Links – (Photo - Old Spanish Trail Land Form, Near Monte Vista CO)

http://www.museumtrail.org/OSTA.asp

Old Spanish Trail MAPS – OST Association Site –

http://www.oldspanishtrail.org/maps.php

Los Caminos Antiquos – A Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway – Links – Photos – Link to MAP -

http://www.loscaminos.com/

Established & Proposed Wagon Roads & Toll Roads in the Trinidad Quadrangle – Lists of Roads – Roots Web Site –

http://www.rootsweb.com/~cogunnis/wagonroads.htm

~ Historic Roads in the San Luis Valley ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Present Day Passes

COCHETOPA PASS, Also Called "NORTH PASS": Link to SAGUACHE Co CO

CUMBRES PASS – LA MANGA PASS: Link to CONEJOS Co CO

LA VETA PASS: Link to COSTILLA Co CO

PONCHA PASS: Link to CHAFFEE Co CO

WOLF CREEK PASS: Link to MINERAL Co CO

Sangre de Cristo Range – Text – Links – Photos – Scroll to information about the

Mountain Passes – Wikipedia Site -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangre_de_Cristo_Range

Sangre de Cristo MAP – Sky Terrain Site -

http://www.skyterrain.com/map_sangre.html

Colorado Cycling Passes – Links – Photos – Cycle Pass Site -

http://cyclepass.com/t_tpa_co_all_alpha.html

~ San Luis Valley Present Day Passes ~ San Luis Valley Trails/Roads/Passes ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Historic Passes

Links: ~ Cochetopa Pass ~ Costilla Pass ~ Cumbres Pass ~ Elwood Pass ~

Medano Pass ~ Mosca Pass ~ Music Pass ~ Sangre de Cristo Pass ~

COCHETOPA PASS of the San Juan Mountains Link to SAGUACHE Co CO

COSTILLA PASS

25 miles East of the Town of Costilla (on the NM side of the CO/NM

border, just south of San Luis CO) crossing a ridge in the Valley Vidal

Costilla Pass – MAP – Cyclepass Site –

http://www.cyclepass.com/t_pnm_Cabresto_ValleVidal_u.html

Costilla Pass – Fat Tire Site -

http://www.fattire.com/Trails/Mountain-Biking/New-Mexico/Red-River-Area/Costilla-Pass/

~ Costilla Pass ~ San Luis Valley Historic Passes ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

CUMBRES PASS – LA MANGA PASS: Link to CONEJOS Co CO

ELWOOD PASS

Also called “Soldiers Road” & “Old Military Road”

Located in the Southern San Juan Mountains, Rio Grande Co CO, begins west of Summitville CO,

continues west, following the San Juan River to Pagosa Springs CO. The US Army used this pass

to carry supplies to the "new" Ft. Lewis at Pagosa Springs, (1878). Mule trains brought supplies

to Ft. Garland (1858) from Ft. Leavenworth KA, and then over Elwood Pass to Pagosa Springs.

Elwood Pass Trail – MAP – Trek Now Site -

http://www.treknow.com/colorado/backroads/southwest/elwood_pass.htm

Elwood Pass & Kerr Lake Trip – Article with Trip Photos – Creeper Jeepers Site -

http://www.creeperjeepers.org/ElwoodPass.html

Elwood Pass – Trip Photos – Silverthreaders Site -

http://silverthreaders.blogspot.com/2008/07/elwood-pass.html

The East Fork Road & Elwood Pass – Article – Photo – Link to MAP – Pagosa Site -

http://www.pagosa.com/adventure/summer/s_eastforkroad.php

~ Elwood Pass ~ San Luis Valley Historic Passes ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

MEDANO PASS

Also called “Pikes Pass, “San Hill Pass” & “Williams Pass”

At Great Sand Dunes Park entrance follow sign to Medano Pass Primitive Road -

Medano Pass Road - MAP with Text – 4lo Site -

http://www.4lo.com/trails/medano.html

Trails in the Great San Dunes Area – Information – Photos – Links – Sangres Site –

http://www.sangres.com/np/sanddunes/trails.htm

Sangre de Cristo MAP – Sky Terrain Site -

http://www.skyterrain.com/map_sangre.html

Zebulon W. Pike – Text – Photo of Medano Pass – Sangres Site -

http://www.sangres.com/history/pike.htm

Zebulon M. Pike – Text – Photos – MAP – – Zebulon M. Pike Expedition Web Site –

http://zebulonpike.org/pike-in-colorado.htm

Link to: CONEJOS Co CO for information on Pikes Stockade at Sanford Colorado

~ Medano Pass ~ San Luis Valley Historic Passes ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

MOSCA PASS

At the Great San Dunes National Park, turn right across from the visitor center to

Mosca Pass Trailhead - 6 miles

Mosca Pass was a wagon road, and became the most traveled pass over the Sangre de Cristo Range

Thousands of people, mule trains, freight, and animals came this way on their western trek to California.

After crossing the pass they continued west on roads here in the San Luis Valley that were part of the Old

Spanish Trail. "Taos Lightning" (whiskey) traders used this shorter road over the Sangre de Cristos when

traveling from Taos to St. Louis, thus avoiding the Mexican Government tariff.

Mosca Pass Summary – Photos - Cycle Pass Site -

http://cyclepass.com/t_p_Mosca.html

Mosca Pass Trail Photos – Great San Dunes Site –

http://www.greatsanddunes.net/mosca-pass-trail.htm

“Oh my God, we’re all duned – Mosca Pass to the Great Sand Dunes” – Article with Photos – Summit Post Site -

http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/407853/Oh-My-God-We-re-All-Duned-Mosca-Pass-To-Great-Sand-Dunes-.htm

Bicycling Mosca Pass – Information – MAP – Graph – Photos – Links – Michael Fiebach Site -

http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/g.cgi?state=CO&county=Alamosa&ftype=gap

Sangre de Cristo Mountains - MAP – Sky Terrain Site -

http://www.skyterrain.com/map_sangre.html

~ Mosca Pass ~ San Luis Valley Historic Passes ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

MUSIC PASS

South of Westcliff CO on Hwy 69 (east side of the Sangre de Cristos) 8.5 miles

Music Pass Trail - MAP – Trek Now Site -

http://www.treknow.com/colorado/backroads/southcentral/music_pass.htm

Music Pass – “High Mountain Trout in the Sangre de Cristo’s – Article with Photos – Red Chaser Site –

http://www.redchaser.com/highmountaintrout.htm

East Ridge via Music Pass – Text – MAPS – Photos – Summit Post Site –

http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=165776

~ Music Pass ~ San Luis Valley Historic Passes ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

SANGRE DE CRISTO PASS

"North La Veta Pass"

La Veta Pass replaced the Sangre de Cristo Pass. The Route using this pass was shorter

when traveling from Taos to the Pueblo CO area (upper Arkansas River)

Sangre de Cristo Pass & Taos Trail – History – Karen Mitchell Site -

http://kmitch.com/Huerfano/ftstevens.html

Sangre de Cristo Pass – Historic Illustration – Scroll to: CPR Site -

http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Engravings/RR%20Survey%20Scenic.html

Sangre de Cristo Pass – Historic Illustration – Kansas College Site -

http://www.kancoll.org/books/marcy/mar_sang.htm

Sangre de Cristo Pass - Satellite MAP – Geo Names Site –

http://www.geonames.org/5437837/sangre-de-cristo-pass.html

The Summit of Sangre de Cristo Pass – Photo – Rancho Arriba Site -

http://www.ranchoarriba.com/138.htm

On the trail of Juan Bautista de Anza – Article by Phil Carson - Sangre de Cristo Pass History –

CO Central Magazine Site –

http://cozine.com/1994-august/on-the-trail-of-juan-bautista-de-anza/

~ Sangre de Cristo Pass ~ San Luis Valley Historic Passes ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

San Luis Valley Railroads Timeline

1870 Denver & Rio Grande Railroad incorporated – William J. Palmer

introduced the Narrow Gage Track –

1870’s Colorado’s population grew by 500 % – In one Generation the

Railroads brought Colorado from a remote territory to a major mining

& agricultural state

1877 Railroad over “La Veta Pass” to Garland City CO

1878 D&RG Railroad from Garland City into Alamosa CO

1880 D&RG Railroad runs through Southern UTE Land in the San Juan Mountains

1880 Durango CO Established - D&RG Railhead

1880 D&RG Railroad from Alamosa CO to Durango CO

1880 D&RG Railroad from Alamosa CO to Espanola NM “The Chili Line”

1888 Chili Line completed to Santa Fe

1880 Antonito CO Established when D&RG Railroad came to Antonito

1880 Salida CO Incorporated –Division Point for D&G Railroad -

Railroad Hub & Trade Center

~ San Luis Valley Railroads Timeline ~ SAN LUIS VALLEY ~

1881 D&RG Railroad from Alamosa CO to Monte Vista CO

1881 D&RG Railroad from Salida CO to Villa Grove CO (Bonanza Mining)

1881 Chama NM Established – D&RG Narrow Gage RR comes to Chama NM

Transportation, Logging & Mining Center of Northern NM

1882 D&RG Railroad from Antonito to Cumbres Pass & Durango CO

1882 D&RG Railroad from Monte Vista CO to South Fork CO

1882 South Fork CO Established when the D&RG Railroad reaches South Fork –

Stage Coach Stop on the way to Creede & Lake City - Industry: lumber

& sawmills for mines & railroad construction, also agriculture –

1883 D&RG Railroad Depot opened at Wagon Wheel Gap

1890 Railroad from Alamosa CO to Villa Grove CO – Bonanza Mine

1891 D&RG Railroad to Del Norte CO from Alamosa CO

1909-1910 Shortline Railroad, San Luis Southern, South from Blanca to

San Acacio, Mesita, & Jarosa

1915 San Luis Central Railroad – Monte Vista CO to Center CO

2005 San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad

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