Countless artifacts can be viewed at history museum
By Karissa FosterPagosa Springs History Museum
There are countless artifacts in the Pagosa Springs History Museum. Each with an individual history.
This unique instrument, the tremola,...
‘Just good people’: Yamaguchi legacy lives on
By Randi PierceStaff Writer
The Yamaguchi family — particularly brothers George, Fred, Ralph “Hoppo” and Ernest “Guchi” — is, nowadays, perhaps most well-known in the...
Pagosa’s Past: Chief Ouray: chief spokesman for the Utes
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
I have been writing about the history of the Southern Utes, our Native American neighbors to the west of Pagosa...
Open house will introduce volunteer roles at Chimney Rock
By Laura Lunsford
Chimney Rock Interpretive Association
As a history major, I have always had an interest in the people who came before us. How did...
Pagosa’s Past: The Meeker Massacre
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
This week’s column is continued from last week. We’ve been writing about the creation in 1878-1879 of the Southern Ute...
Pagosa’s Past: Another agreement with the Southern Utes
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
We’ve been writing about the Southern Utes of Ignacio and their contacts with the white settlers of Colorado during 1876.
The...
Pagosa’s Past: Pioneers and Ute Indians
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
We’ve been writing about the relationship between native Ute Indians and European settlers pre-1850 in the Rocky Mountains. By 1868,...
Pagosa’s Past: Fort Lewis, Fort Massachusetts, Fort Garland and Fort Lowell
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
In the early days when white and Hispanic settlers first started exploring San Juan Country in search of gold, the...
Pagosa’s Past: Government treaties and the Utes
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
During Pagosa Country’s pioneer days, relations between the invading whites and the Utes followed a precedent repeated frequently across the...
Pagosa’s Past: Searching for gold in Colorado
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
In 1859, thousands of Americans stampeded into the Denver area. The Pikes Peak gold rush was on.
Many of the prospectors...
