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Julius Bryce Patterson was born at Hayesville, N.C., Dec. 29, 1853, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Patterson. The family moved to Colorado, arriving in Denver May 5, 1871.…
Milk, green apples and a dead man
Josephine Victoria Bennett Pargin was born to John B. and Anna Henry Bennett in Mitchell, S.D., March 12, 1877. Her father was the first telegraph operator at the Ignacio Indian…
Pagosa’s early settlers, from far and wide
Friederike Neumeuister, Mrs. Asa Pangborn, was born in Hamburg, Germany, May 11, 1844. She died in Del Norte, Colo., June 21, 1929, at the age of 85 years. At the…
Daisy witnesses a shooting in Pagosa Springs
Catherine Young Opdycke was born Jan. 22, 1826, and died in May of 1920 in Pagosa Springs. In 1843, she moved to the home of a sister in Knox County,…
The trail from Texas to Pagosa Country
We’ve been writing about the 1875/1876 journey of several families from Erath County, Texas, to Pagosa Country. The epic journey was made while driving a herd of longhorn cattle along…
The O’Neals: From Texas to New Mexico, to Pagosa Country
Last week we wrote about Fount and James O’Neal, born in Texas, but participants in a story-book journey ending in Colorado’s San Juan Basin in 1876. The O’Neal story has…
Nossaman, O’Neal, Oliver — history in a name
Dr. A. J. Nossaman was one of 13 children born to Wellington and Sarah Nossaman in Pella, Iowa. Several of the Nossaman children moved to the San Juans at an…
Build a cabin — burn it down
Last week, we were retelling the story of Welch Nossaman, the man who built the first log cabin in Pagosa Springs. The year was 1876. Nossaman spent the winter in…
Welch Nossaman — one of the first settlers
Welch Nossaman may have been the first permanent settler in Pagosa Springs. He was born April 2, 1851, in Pella, Iowa, and died Dec. 22, 1933, in Albuquerque, N.M., at…
A confrontation with Colorow
Welch Nossaman built the first log cabin in Pagosa Springs. The year was 1876. Nossaman spent the winter in his new cabin. Now, it was spring. A band of Utes…
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