Costilla Co

COSTILLA COUNTY

Links to places in Costilla County: MT. BLANCA ~ BLANCA TOWN ~ CHAMA CO ~

COSTILLA CREEK ~ CULEBRA CREEK ~ FT. GARLAND ~ JAROSA ~ LA VETA PASS ~

MESITA ~ SAN ACACIO ~ SAN LUIS ~ SAN PABLO ~ SMITH RESERVOIR ~

~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~ STATE OF COLORADO ~ 4 CORNERS SW USA ~

COSTILLA COUNTY

County Links: ~ Costilla County History ~ Costilla County Land Grants ~ Costilla County Interest ~

Costilla County Site -

http://www.costilla-county.com/

Costilla County Government - Listings - Colorado Counties On Line -

http://www.ccionline.org/counties/costilla.html

Costilla County Community Services – Listings – SLV Guide Site –

http://www.slvguide.com/Costilla/COMMUNITYSERVICES.HTM

Costilla County – Links – Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/ctycostilla.htm

Costilla County – Demographics – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costilla_County,_Colorado

~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Costilla County Census – US Gov Site –

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/08/08023.html

Costilla County Business & Vacation Guide –

http://www.slvguide.com/Costilla/index.htm

Costilla – Agricultural Links – periodistacostilla Site -

http://www.periodistacostilla.org/indexed.html

Colorado Certified Potato Growers – Listings for Costilla County -

http://coloradopotato.org/seed/growers.html

Museums – Costilla County - SLV Guide Site -

http://www.slvguide.com/Costilla/Museums.htm

Los Caminos Antiguos - Los Caminos Site – CO Scenic & Historic Byway –

Information – MAP – Photos – Links -

http://www.loscaminos.com/

Costilla County – Panoramic Aerial Images – created by Dr. William A. Bowen,

Dept. of Geography – CSU Northridge Site –

http://130.166.124.2/co_panorama_atlas/page13/page13.html

Rio Grande River Link to: 4 CORNERS RIVERS

Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico & Colorado - Photos –

MAP - Links – Sangres Site–

http://sangres.com/mountains/sangres.htm

Rio Grande River Link to: 4 CORNERS RIVERS

Sangre de Cristo Mountains Link to: 4CORNERS MOUNTAINS

~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Costilla County History

The People of El Valle – A History of the Spanish Colonials in the San Luis Valley – El Escritorio Site -

http://escritorio.8m.com/textOnly/bkeltxt.htm

Costilla County – History – Directory of CO State Register Properties -

http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/register/1503/cty/ct.htm

Costilla County History – Text – SLV Guide Site -

http://www.slvguide.com/COSTILLA/History.HTM

Costilla County – Roots Web Site –

http://cogenweb.com/costilla/

Costilla County – Links to History – Linkpendium Site -

http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CO/Costilla/

Costilla County History “Mud Barracks & Mrs. Wood” –

http://web.archive.org/web/20041128093859/http://campuspress.colorado.edu/cpa/BOOK/costilla.html

Costilla County Historic Districts – National Register of Historic Places –

http://www.historicdistricts.com/CO/Costilla/districts.html

Costilla County – History – Photos of: Scroll to State,

Then County & Town – These are the listed links: Costilla County,

Ft. Garland, Garcia, Jaroso San Luis & San Pablo –

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fsaPlaces06.html

~ Costilla County History ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

The Culebra River Villages of Costilla County CO – 73 pages – Colorado Multiple Property

Submission St Peter & St. Paul Catholic Church – PDF Site -

http://www.nmgs.org/Costilla%20County%20Colo-for%20web.pdf

The History of Costilla Co as Revealed by it’s Cemeteries - Thesis

by Hazel Petty – Costilla Co Homestead Site –

http://www.costillacounty.homestead.com/files/THE_HISTORY_OF_COSTILLA_COUNTY_AS_REVEALED_BY_IT.htm

Costilla County WWII - Army & Air Force Casualties -

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/worldwar/colorado/costilla.htm

Costilla County CO – Books – Listings – Roots Web Site –

http://cogenweb.com/costilla/biblio.htm

Costilla County Genealogy Cooperative –

http://www.costillacounty.homestead.com/

Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy – Many Links -

http://www.hispanicgen.org/links.html#county

NSHG – National Society of Hispanic Genealogy –“ Promotes the

study of history, ancestry, culture & contributions of the SW

US, known as New Spain & Mexico”

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

~ Costilla County History ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Costilla County Land Grants

Landmark Ruling on the Sangre de Cristo Grant - “Affirming the Rights of access

for Grazing, Firewood & Timber” – SW Books Site –

http://www.southwestbooks.org/sangredecristo.htm

“Contested Landscapes” by Arnold Valdez & Maria Mondragon-Valdez – Harvard Site -

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~drclas/publications/revista/latinos/valdez/htm

Spanish-Mexican Land Grants in Colorado - Colorado Gov Site -

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

Luis Maria Baca Grant #4 MAP & Text – Spanish & Mexican Land Grants

Site by Judith Francisca Baca

http://www.judybaca.com/dia/text/landgrant.html

Mexican Land Grants in Colorado – CO Central Magazine –

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

“A Lost Land Grant: Can it be reclaimed?” by Becky Rumsey –

High Country News Article –

http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=2481

The San Luis Valley Land Grants – by Marlin Aker Jr. – Huerfano County Site – Links -

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

~ Costilla County Land Grants ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Costilla County Interest

“Help Needed in the Beanfields” 1996 Article, by Bob Curry

http://www.watershed.org/?q=node/199

State Trust Lands & Wildlife Areas - Sangres Site

http://www.sangres.com/stateco/costilla.htm

A Tangled Web of Watersheds - High Country News

http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=4517-

Legendary Trails of Southern Colorado – Sangres Site –

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

Roads & Toll Roads in the Trinidad Quadrangle – Roots Web site –

Listings of Roads –

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

~ Costilla County Interest ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

MT. BLANCA

Sangre de Christo Mountains just north of Blanca CO

Mt. Blanca Photo Gallery - Sangres Site -

http://www.sangres.com/mtblanca.htm

Mt. Blanca Photo – Navajo “Sacred Mountain of the East” - Lapahie Site -

http://www.lapahie.com/Mt_Blanca.cfm

Blanca Peak – Text – Photos – Links – Summit Post Site -

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150450/blanca-peak.html

The Majesty of Mount Blanca – Gallery of Photos – by R. Wayne -

http://www.flickr.mud.yahoo.com/photos/slv_co/sets/72157594434604476/

~ MT BLANCA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

BLANCA TOWN

US 160, 25 miles East of Alamosa CO

Links: ~ Blanca Schools ~ Blanca Airport ~

Pfc. Eutimio Espanosa ~ Blanca Businesses ~ ~

~ BLANCA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Blanca Colorado – Official Website - Many Links -

http://users.gojade.org/blancaco/

Blanca Colorado – Photos – Sangres Site

http://www.sangres.com/places/slv/blanca.htm

Blanca CO – Demographics – Links – Wikipedia site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanca,_Colorado

Blanca History – Blanca Town Site -

http://users.gojade.org/blancaco/History.htm

Blanca – Text & Photos – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/5-Blanca

United for Christ Church in Blanca CO – Photo by Richard Bower –

http://www.city-data.com/picfilesv/picv3117.php

St. James Church – Photo by Jean Butler -

http://users.gojade.org/blancaco/StJames.htm

Blanca Historic Railroad Photos by O. C. Perry, Two Links – D&RWG Site

http://www.drgw.org/features/ocperry/blackcanyon.htm#blanca

“Rattlesnake Trestle” near Blanca – Photo - Blanca Town Site -

http://users.gojade.org/blancaco/Rattlesnake%20Trestle.htm

Rio Grande Scenic Railroad - runs from Walsenburg CO to Alamosa CO –

http://www.riograndescenicrailroad.com/

~ BLANCA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Blanca Schools

Sierra Grande R-30 School District – Schools – Listings –

http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_district/79/co

~ Blanca Schools ~ BLANCA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Blanca Airport

Blanca Airport 05V

http://www.airnav.com/airport/05V/

~ Blanca Airport ~ BLANCA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Eutimo Espanosa PFC

Pfc. Eutimio Espanosa, Blanca CO - 35^th Infantry Div. in WWII 1941-1945 –

“All Hell Can’t Stop Us” –Intelligence & Reconnaissance Platoon of 134^th –

Listed near end of story – July 18,1950 Coulthart Site -

http://www.coulthart.com/134/35chapter_3.htm

Pfc. Eutimino Espanola – HQ & HQ Company – Listing – Coulthart Site

http://www.coulthart.com/134/roster_alpha_e.htm

~ Pfc. Eutimio Espanosa ~ BLANCA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Blanca Businesses

Blanca Businesses – Blanca Town Site – Links - Listings -

http://users.gojade.org/blancaco/Business.htm

Costilla County Business Listings – Listings & Link – SLV Guide Site -

http://www.slvguide.com/costilla/BusinessListings.htm

Costilla County Dining – Blanca Listings – Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/places/slv/costilla/dining.htm

Blanfort Inc. – Potato Warehouse & Packing Co. – Blanca Town Site -

http://users.gojade.org/blancaco/Blanfort.htm

Forest Tango Art Works – Wood Carving/Sculpture & Mixed

Media Paintings – Terry & Joyce Henrie

http://www.foresttango.com/

Flying Hog Saloon – 4^th Listing in Biker Bars in Colorado -

http://www.damnbikers.com/bars/cobars.htm

Smith Store in Blanca – Blanca Town Site -

http://users.gojade.org/blancaco/Smith%20Store.htm

~ Blanca Businesses ~ BLANCA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

CHAMA CO

Junction of CO 159 & CO 142 at San Luis, turn East on CO 142

Formerly Culebra - In 1864 - Settlers came from Chamita NM

Chama – Text and Photos – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/13-Chama

Chama Colorado – Demographics - Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chama,_Colorado

Chama Colorado Photo – by Myron Wood –

http://library.ppld.org/SpecialCollections/Project/admin/FullDisplay.asp?ID=3149

Sargent Nick Enrique Sanchez –Vietnam Memorial Wall -

http://tanaya.net/cgi-bin/vmw.cgi?45314

Immaculate Conception Church Photo, Chama CO -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11997620@N08/2430946711/

Josephine Lobato – Traditional Cholcha – Text -

http://www.krcc.org/krccnews/2007/03/colchas_folk_art_from_the_san.php

Chama Sand House – Model – How to Make: by Yogi Wallace –

http://www.stratuswave.net/~wd8jik/snd/sand.htm

~ CHAMA CO ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

COSTILLA CREEK

Costilla means "Rib"

At Costilla NM, NM 522 (by NM/CO Border, SE of San Luis CO)

turn Southeast on NM 196 to Costilla Creek

Costilla Creek – Photos -- US Forest Svc. Site

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson/recreation/fishing/costilla_creek.shtml

Photo of Costilla Creek by Mike Zoldak –

http://www.public.asu.edu/~mikez/costilla.jpg

Costilla Creek a Bed & Breakfast with fly fishing –

http://www.costillacreek.com/costilla_creek.html

~ COSTILLA CREEK ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

CULEBRA CREEK

5 Miles South of San Luis Colorado – at the base of Culebra Peak

"Culebra means Snake"

Culebra Creek – GORP Site –

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/fishing/features/winfish7.htm

Culebra Creek - Culebra Creek Outfitters Site –

http://www.culebracreekoutfitters.com/culebra/index.html

~ CULEBRA CREEK ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

FT GARLAND

US 160, about 5 miles East of Blanca CO – (Alamosa to Ft. Garland, 25 miles)

Pre-Ft Garland was Ft. Massachusetts Built in 1852 -

In 1853 Hispanic Settlers came from Northern NM into Southern CO

Links: ~ Ft. Garland History ~ Ft. Garland Schools ~ Ft. Garland Businesses ~

Ft. Garland Lodging ~ ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Story of Ft. Garland - Museum Trail Site - 1858 -

http://museumtrail.org/StoryofFortGarland.asp

Ft. Garland – Text & Photos – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/22-Fort-Garland

Ft. Garland Photo Album – Photos – City Data Site -

http://www.city-data.com/city/Fort-Garland-Colorado.html

Ft. Garland Museum – Museum Trail Site –

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

Friends of the Ft. Garland Museum –

http://www.fortgarlandmuseumfriends.com/

~ FT. GARLAND ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Ft. Garland History

Buffalo Soldiers at Ft. Garland – Museum Trail Site -

http://museumtrail.org/StandingGuard.asp

Buffalo Soldiers at Ft Garland – Text – Links – Rocky Mountain PBS Site –

http://www.rmpbs.org/byways/lca_buffalo.html

Other Military Outposts in the Region - Forts & Old Routes MAP –

CO Central Magazine Site -

http://cozine.com/2000-april/other-military-outposts-in-the-region/

Ft. Massachusetts – 1855 Tinted Photograph – Central Pacific Railroad Site -

http://cprr.org/Museum/USPRR-Wm_Husson-PANZOOM/04mass.htm

Red River Early Days – The Mallette Brothers from Ft. Garland

Mentioned in the text – Red River NM Site -

http://www.redrivernewmexico.com/sumweb20/history.html

Thomas Tate Tobin – Text – Links - Wikipedia Site -

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

Ft. Garland Historic Railroad Photos by O. C. Perry – Two Links – D&RGW Site

http://www.drgw.org/features/ocperry/fireclay.htm#fortgarland

~ Ft. Garland History ~ FT. GARLAND ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Ft. Garland Schools

Sierra Grande School – “Home of the Panthers”

http://www.sierragrandeschool.net/

Ft. Garland Field School – Adams State College Site -

http://www.adams.edu/academics/fieldschool/

~ Ft. Garland Schools ~ ~ FT. GARLAND ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Ft. Garland Businesses

Costilla CO Dining – Ft. Garland Listings – Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/places/slv/costilla/dining.htm

Ft. Garland Gift Shop

http://museumtrail.org/FtGarlandGiftShop.asp

Mundorf Packing LLC – “For all your carton, poly & bulk potato needs”

http://www.slhfarm.com/mundorf.html

Old West Cafe – Good Home Cooking – Beat & Jeanette Geber

http://www.slvguide.com/Costilla/OldWestCafe.htm

Rio Grande Meadowlark Ranch “Naturally Grown, Closed System,

High Mountain Bred Herd of Gelbvieh Cattle”

http://www.slhfarm.com/ranch.html

San Luis Hills Farm – Potato Seed & Potatoes -

http://www.slhfarm.com/potatoes.html

~ Ft. Garland Businesses ~ FT. GARLAND ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Ft. Garland Lodging

Ft. Garland Motor Inn – Gateway to SLV – Handicap accessible –

Walking Distance to Restaurants, Park & Ft. Garland Museum -

http://www.garlandmotorinn.com/

~ Ft. Garland Lodging ~ FT. GARLAND ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

JAROSO

Off, CO 159, at NM/CO Border, near Costilla NM

(West of Antonito CO, East of the Rio Grande River

Jarosa – Text & Photos – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/26-Jaroso

Historic Southern San Luis Valley Railroad –

http://www.answers.com/topic/southern-san-luis-valley-railroad-co

Artists & Galleries – Jarosa Listings - SLV Guide Site -

http://www.slvguide.com/Costilla/Art.htm

Dean Swift Seed Company – Wholesale Only – Conifer Seed – Flower Seed –

http://www.deanswiftseed.com/

Dream Power Art Works – Sculptures – Painting – Framing –

Instruction in Aikikai Martial Arts -

http://www.dreampowerartworks.com/

Mark Durow – Pottery – Tiles – Music -

http://www.markdudrow.com/

R.B.I. Drums – Renaissance Builders Instruments -

http://www.rbidrums.com/

~ JAROSA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

La Veta Pass

About 13 miles NE of Ft. Garland CO on US 160

La Veta Pass – Photos & Text – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/32-La-Veta-Pass

Rio Grande La Veta Pass Rail –

http://www.trainsunlimitedtours.com/rio-grande-la-veta-pass-adventure.html

Riding over La Veta Pass – Photos -

http://www.drgw.net/trips/report.php?tr=SLRG

Sangre de Cristo Pass – 1855 Tinted Photograph – Central Pacific Railroad Site -

http://cprr.org/Museum/USPRR-Wm_Husson-PANZOOM/02sangre.htm

La Veta Pass – Photos – Sangres Site –

http://www.sangres.com/features/lavetapass.htm

La Veta Pass Colorado – Text with Photos – Ghost Depot Site -

http://ghostdepot.com/rg/mainline/la%20veta%20route/laveta%20pass.htm

La Veta Pass Route – MAP – Photos – Ghost Depot Site –

http://ghostdepot.com/rg/mainline/la%20veta%20route/laveta%20route.htm

La Veta Pass Route – History – Text – Links – D&RG Railroad Site -

http://www.drgw.net/info/index.php?n=Main.LaVetaPass

~ LA VETA PASS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

MESITA

CO 159, South of San Luis about 5 miles, turn West on access road

Settled 1900's

Mesita – Text & Photos – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/37-Mesita

Satellite Image Area West of Mesita

http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/strand/2044/sat.html

Old Lava Stone Building in Mesita - 2^nd Photo -

http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/strand/2044/anthouse.htm

~ MESITA ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

SAN ACACIO

San Luis Southern Railroad Town

Turn West on CO 142 at Junction with CO 159 at San Luis

about 8 miles - Settled in 1853 - Railroad Town 1910 -

San Acacio – Text – Photos – Links – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/47-San-Acacio

San Acacio CO – Demographics – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Acacio%2C_Colorado

San Acacio History - 1853 –Billy Land Site –

http://www.billyland.com/colorado/acacio/

The Church of San Acacio - Photo – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/archives/2006/02/12/The-Church-of-San-Acacio.xhtml

Thousand Hills Bison – Bison Hunting in Southern Colorado

http://www.billsaiffoutdoors.com/cabin/Thousand_Hills_Bison/index.htm

The Depot B&B - Listing

http://www.sangres.com/places/slv/costilla/bnb.htm

~ SAN ACACIO ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

SAN LUIS

San Luis, is the oldest town in Colorado

Settlement 1851

25 miles east of Alamosa, at Ft. Garland turn south on CO 159 and drive 16 miles to San Luis CO

Links: ~ San Luis History ~ La Capilla de Todos ~ Shrine of the Stations of the Cross ~

San Luis Name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall ~ San Luis Community Interest ~

San Luis Businesses ~ San Luis Arts ~ San Luis Lodging ~

SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

San Luis Town

San Luis – Text – Photos – Links – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/50-San-Luis

San Luis CO – Demographics – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis,_Colorado

San Luis – Photos – Sangres site

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

“San Luis, the Oldest Town in CO” - MAP – Links – Melby Ranch Site –

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

San Luis Preservation - San Luis Town - 150^th Anniversary – Photos -

http://www.sanluispreservation.com/

Wild Horse Mesa Volunteer Fire Department –

http://members.aol.com/SanPedroMesa/SanPedroMesa.htm

San Luis Museum & Cultural Center – Museum Trail Site -

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

“Build to Last” Article on San Luis Buildings – Green Home Building Site –

http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/buildtolast.htm

“The Descendent”, Joe Gallegos- About the settlement of

San Luis CO – from the Denver Rocky Mountain News –

http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/descendant.shtml

~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

San Luis History

Roots of State’s Oldest Towns Run Deep to South - Article by Dick Foster -

Rocky Mountain News Site -

http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1116stone.shtml

“In Search of Colorado’s Oldest Town” MAPS - by Kenneth Jesson - CO Central Magazine –

http://www.cozine.com/archive/cc2001/00940141.html

Los Caminos Site - A Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway -

http://www.loscaminos.com/

Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy

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

The Latino Landscape, embracing the past – Photos – Denver Post Site -

http://extras.denverpost.com/slideshows/latino_slideshow_day4.html

~ San Luis History ~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

La Capilla de Todos

La Capilla de Todos Los Santos/ Photo – Garland Motor Inn Site –

http://www.garlandmotorinn.com/chapel.htm

La Capilla de Todos los Santos Catholic Shrine – Interior Photo –

http://www.shumeicrestone.org/articles/images/Amy_K.jpg

~ La Capilla de Todos ~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

Shrine of the Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross – Photos – Eagle Free Enterprises Site –

http://www.pictures.eaglefreeenterprises.com/stations_of_the_cross%20.htm

Shrine of the Stations of the Cross – Photos – Community - Web Shots Site –

http://community.webshots.com/album/2303799VxZwMSklLD

~ ~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

San Luis Name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall

PFC Franklin Harry A. Quintana –

http://tanaya.net/cgi-bin/vmw.cgi?42027

~ San Luis Name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall ~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

San Luis Businesses

Costilla County Business & Vacation Guide –

http://www.slvguide.com/Costilla/BusinessListings.htm

Culebra Creek Outfitters –

http://www.culebracreekoutfitters.com/

Costilla County Dining – San Luis Listings – Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/places/slv/costilla/dining.htm

Valdez & Associates - Arnold Valdez – Project Director/Planner for Land Rights Council -

http://www.architecturalharmonics.com/valdez.html

~ San Luis Businesses ~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

San Luis Community Interest

Thicker than Water – San Luis Peoples Ditch (Oldest Water Right in CO)– Article – Gazette Site -

http://www.gazette.com/articles/ditch_21992___article.html/water_acequia.html

The Real Milagro – Story about San Luis Residents, by David Spero -

http://www.nathannewman.org/EDIN/.mags/.cross/.43/.dept43/knock43.doc.html

San Luis Residents get back their grazing rights – by Kay Matthews -

CO Central Magazine 2002 –

http://cozine.com/2002-september/san-luis-residents-get-back-their-grazing-rights/

Culebra Range – Photos – Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/photos/culebra.htm

The Culebra Peak – Text with Pictures – NM Land Grant Information - Summit Post Site –

http://www.summitpost.com/show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/1661

~ San Luis Community Interest ~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

San Luis Arts

Artes Del Valle – Woman’s Craft Cooperative -

http://www.ruraldevelopment.org/artes.html

“Mural depicts the history & early settlers of the San Luis Area”

San Luis de la Culebra Mural -

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

Rio Costilla Studio Tour – Artists & Crafts people living in the

Watershed of Rio Costilla -

http://www.riocostillastudiotour.org/

~ San Luis Arts ~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

San Luis Lodging

Casa de Salazar B&B – 1906 Charming & Gracious Old House – Quiet Atmosphere - Listing -

http://www.bnbsonline.com/co/costilla.htm

Costilla County Lodging – Listings –

http://www.slvguide.com/Costilla/LODGING.HTM

San Luis Inn Motel - Downtown San Luis -

http://www.slvguide.com/Costilla/SanLuisInn.htm

~ San Luis Lodging ~ SAN LUIS ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

SAN PABLO

Three miles Southeast of San Luis CO on County Road

The first ditch from the Culebra River, was the first Water Right

Priority in Colorado, 1852. Culebra Creek is about 5 miles South

of San Luis CO near San Pablo CO

San Pablo – Text – Photos – Links – SLV Dweller Site –

http://www.slvdweller.com/index.php?/categories/52-San-Pablo

Sergeant Ernest Serna – Born in San Pablo CO - His name is on the

Vietnam Memorial Wall -

http://tanaya.net/cgi-bin/vmw.cgi?46640

Charles D. (Carlos) Atencio – Artist – Santos, Carving – Biography –

O’Sullivan Arts Center Site -

http://academic.regis.edu/osullivan/osullivan/art-1997-1998_santos_atencio.html

~ SAN PABLO ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~

SMITH RESERVOIR

Half mile West of Blanca, turn South at Airport Road –

4 miles to Reservoir -

Smith Reservoir – Link to Photo – by George M. Oringdulph –

Blanca CO Site –

http://users.gojade.org/blancaco/Smith%20Reservoir.htm

Smith Reservoir – Photo – Flicker Site -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/diana_b/3034157982/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21747466@N03/2433123624

Information about Smith Reservoir, Mountain Home

Reservoir & Sanchez Reservoir – Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/stateco/costilla.htm#mountain

Smith Reservoir Drought – Photo – National Geographic Site -

http://science.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science/enlarge/smithreservoirdrought.html

~ SMITH RESERVOIR ~ COSTILLA COUNTY ~