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Montoya Ranch

The Montoya Ranch in Huerfano County is an excellent example of Spanish Colonial and Territorial Adobe architecture. Potentially the only adobe basement building in the United States, the building housed different functions beginning in 1860 as a farmhouse. Between...

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McIntire Ranch & Mansion

McIntire Ranch and Mansion is a historic archaeological site near Sanford in Conejos County that preserves the visible remains of one of the San Luis Valley’s most distinctive nineteenth-century ranch complexes. Established by Albert and Florence McIntire in 1880 near...

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Kit Carson Museum

This building housed German POWs and Jamaican Farm Workers. It is believed to be the last building standing associated with either themes.

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Lizzy Knight’s Cabin

Located in the Disappointment Valley in Southwest Colorado, Lizzy Knight’s cabin and three small outbuildings are all that remain of the Lizzy Knight homestead.  Lizzy Knight was an important female pioneer in early Colorado and this homestead helps tell the colorful...

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Costilla County Mission Churches

Churches, parishes, and irrigation ditches embody communal living in the San Luis Valley. For generations, the Valley’s residents have relied on these assets and their local community to survive. However, these resources have become increasingly difficult to maintain...

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