Grant given to the St. Charles Senior Citizens Association by the Colorado Commission on Aging, to be administered through the grant-aided Salt Creek Recreation Center.
Map of Salt Creek Water and Sanitation District, undated
County commissioners awarded $63,000 to Salt Creek Water and Sanitation District as part of the local matching funds for installation of a sanitary sewer system in the Salt Creek area.
City and county officials denied Thursday that they are dragging their feet in processing complaints about dilapidated buildings, outdoor privies and an open cistern in the Salt Creek area.
Complaint to the chief of the engineering section of the State Health Department led by Louis Garcia, chair of the 10-member local committee named by residents. Chief engineer was to come with a chemist to make a laboratory test of the Salt Creek water supply.
Residents say water from well and pump house near Palo Alto and Laguna is not fit to drink or use to bathe. The well, completed in 1968, is deep, but underground seepage from Salt Creek is causing problems. Salt Creek is visibly polluted with oils and chemicals from CF&I Steel Corp. A recent water analysis undertaken by a microbiologist revealed major hazards. The private tests on the water began after residents failed to get action from the Pueblo City-County Health Department, who repeatedly said the water was good.
In an interview, Judge Dennis Maes talked in 2000 about his experiences growing up as a Hispanic in Colorado. He discusses some of the first experiences with discrimination and here he talks about the growth in representation he has seen among Hispanic lawyers in Pueblo.
Gravesite at Chico Cemetery, a windswept country graveyard near Avondale in Pueblo County; photo taken by Carol Highsmith
Photo of people marching to Denver holding a poster of Mother Mary
Charley Autobees talks in 1981 about the Penitentes and celebrations around Holy week that would involve food and community gatherings. Autobees mentioned earlier in the interview that as a child he would sneak to watch the events and would witness the penitentes which involved people hitting each other as a part of representation of religious sacrifice.
