— Subscribe to this topic on PagosaSUN.comLawlessness seeps into Pagosa Country
By January of 1881, two stage coach lines were running daily between the end of the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge railroad and Durango. The railroad was building westward…
An 1880s view of Chama
We have been repeating an 1880 first-person description of a wagon ride from Animas City through Pagosa Springs and on to Chama. With today’s column, we conclude the description with…
The wagon trip continues, passes through Pagosa
We’ve been quoting a November 1880 description of a wagon trip from Animas City to the railhead at Chama. We stopped last week with the traveler spending the night at…
A wagon ride from Silverton to the railroad
In November 1880, the La Plata Miner editor gave readers an account of the southern route between Silverton and the end of the approaching narrow gauge railroad, then nearing the…
Despite fort moving, settlement of Pagosa continues
Orders were issued by the Army in 1880 to move newly built Fort Lewis from Pagosa Springs to Hesperus on the La Plata River. In a May press release, Sherman…
1880 begins in Pagosa, hot springs not a mineral
We’ve been writing about the first winter for Fort Lewis in Pagosa Springs in 1879. In those days, Fort Lewis was a log fort located on the main business block…
An account of Pagosa’s Fort Lewis
For some weeks, we have been describing Indian unrest and the U.S. Army response to the unrest by building Fort Lewis in Pagosa Springs. Construction of Fort Lewis in Pagosa…
Bad news for Pagosa Springs
When Lt. Col. R.E.A. Crofton passed through Pagosa Springs in August of 1880 with a battalion of infantry bound for the new location of Fort Lewis on the La Plata…
Rebellion is avoided and the fort moves westward
A few days after the 1879 Meeker Massacre, troops commanded by Gen. Hatch made a hurried march from New Mexico and occupied Animas City Oct. 8. Col. George P. Buell…
Burning up the roads after the Meeker Massacre
We continue to describe the relationship between the Ute Indians and Pagosa Country settlers during the 1879 early pioneer days. Following the 1879 Meeker Massacre, couriers burned up the roads…
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