An escort and a trial
We continue with the story of Sheriff Billy Kern and the Montoya/Howe Sheepmen’s Cattlemen’s War.
Cattleman William Howe is dead and sheepman Juan de Dios...
Dutch Henry Born: Wild West legend
Any time a mixture of buffalo, bullets and bloodshed splattered across the wild and wooly Western frontier, it seemed inevitable that Dutch Henry Born...
A brief war and a murder charge
We’ve been writing about the Montoya/Howe Sheepmen’s/Cattlemen’s War that took place along the west fork of the, San Juan River where it crossed what...
Pagosa’s Past: The Montoya-Howe Sheepmens’ Cattlemens’ War
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
One of the saddest stories in local history is known as the Montoya-Howe Sheepmens’ Cattlemens’ War that took place in...
The race continues over the Continental Divide
We’ve been writing about a 600-mile horse race from Evanston in the southwest corner of Wyoming to the Colorado capital city of Denver that...
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 railroad was coming to town
Pagosa Springs was a busy place in 1900. The Pagosa News reported the erection of several business buildings and residences.
In an April 27 item,...
The early days in the Chromo area
We’ve been talking about the earliest settlements in Pagosa Country.
I tend to include the Summitville, Dulce, Lumberton and Tierra Amarilla areas as part of...
Old Joe Mann: Doing what he had to do
Old Joe Mann was one of the first settlers to enter Pagosa Country. I don’t know when he came to Pagosa Country, but it...
A back road trip to Summitville
Lots of folks like to drive back roads in Pagosa Country looking at the scenery and hoping for a glimpse of deer, elk, maybe...
