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— Subscribe to this topic on PagosaSUN.comEarly writings describe Ute camps and natural beauty
We continue from last week, when we were quoting from memoirs left by Joseph W. Picket, a minister who described the Pagosa Hot Springs in June of 1878. “June 8…
Pagosa’s first post office opened in 1878
One could say that Pagosa Springs started as a town on June 5, 1878, when the first post office opened for business. The first postmaster was Joseph Clarke, who had…
Peace did not come with the new reservation
As increasing numbers of settlers and miners occupied the southwest corner of Colorado, including the San Juan Mountains, during the 1870s, tension between the newcomers and the Southern Utes also…
Game grew scarce, leading to threat of war
During the early years of settlement in Pagosa Country, the naturally occurring wild game such as deer, elk, sheep and antelope nearly disappeared. The cause is obvious, and relates to…
Tempers flared when miners crossed Indian country
We continue from last week. In 1874, E.H. Ruffner from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported, “The consequences of war with the powerful and intelligent tribe occupying the entire…
Confrontations occurred when prospectors trespassed on Ute land
When prospectors first started exploring the San Juans for gold during the 1860s, they bumped into the Ute Indians. The Utes were unhappy because the prospectors were trespassing on land…
Pagosa: an interesting stopover for miners and adventurers
By the early 1870s, Pagosa Springs was an interesting stopover for miners and adventurers on their way to the gold fields in the higher San Juan Mountains. Pagosa Springs was…
Wagon train passes through before town formed
One of the earliest parties passing through Pagosa Springs before the town formed was the 1861 wagon train led by Thomas Pollock. Constructed in Denver, the wagon train plodded mile…
Story of gold spread like wildfire
Apparently, Albert Pfeiffer, the guide for Capt. John N. Macomb’s 1859 exploratory journey through southwestern Colorado, spread the story that gold could be found in the San Juan Mountains. Like…
Gold was found in the San Juans
Last week, we introduced Capt. John M. Macomb, the army’s chief topographical engineer in New Mexico, who was in command of an 1859 expedition tasked with exploring the eastern portion…
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