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Racial conflicts, violence taint early Pagosa politics
In the Nov. 29 column, we started talking about the family of Pagosa Country pioneer Jose Benedito Martinez. This particular Martinez family, along with the Archuleta family for whom the…
Candelerita Maestas — 105 years in Colorado
Candelerita (Grandma Lala) Maestas was born to Rafael and Benina Maestas Valdez Feb. 2, 1859, at San Pedro, Colo. She died June 27, 1964, having lived 105 years in Colorado,…
The Macht family: Pagosa pioneers
The biographies this week are only of the Macht family, prominent ranchers in Pagosa Country since the 1880s and still going strong. The Macht family history is typical of the…
Vicenti Lujan, legendary cowboy and plainsman
Vicenti Lujan’s life contained all of the elements that excite people fond of western movies. He was a veteran cowboy and plainsman who, for 15 years, worked for the Thatcher…
The Lowensteins establish a landmark
Fanny Rapp Lowenstein was born Sept. 23, 1861, in New York City, and died at Pagosa Springs Aug. 15, 1919. She came West in 1882, settling in Lake City with…
Pioneer barber builds a town hall
Abner J. Lewis was born in Rockville, Ind., in 1847, the son of George A. and Mary (Hamilton) Lewis. As a boy, he learned to be a drummer, baker and…
The obits tell the stories
For some time I have been running mini-biographies of Pagosa Country pioneers. The source of this information is a collection of obituaries. I believe these are interesting and help us…
‘The Duchess’ was a Pagosa pioneer
Gertrude Larson was better known worldwide as “The Duchess” in the Fred Harman II comic strip “Red Ryder.” She was born Jan. 1, 1875, and passed away Dec. 15, 1952,…
Pioneer female dentist practices in Pagosa Country
Dr. Belle Fairbanks Lacy was born in Augusta, Iowa, May 27, 1853, and died at Bayfield Sept. 12, 1943. When she was 12 years old, she traveled with her family…
More Pagosa pioneers, and an early-day tragedy
Steven Miller Keith and his family were early settlers in the San Juan Basin. Traveling with the Cox, O’Neal and other families, they drove longhorn cattle from Texas along the…
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