An early settler of Manzanares, 1900
LHP_Intern2020-01-09T22:32:27+00:00Rumaldo Manzanares, 1900, one of the first settlers of La Plaza de los Manzanares (a.k.a Manzanares, Garcia, in Costilla County). He moved to Colorado from Tierra Amarilla in northern New Mexico.
Homesteading claim filed, 1912
LHP_Intern2020-01-09T22:32:42+00:00Notice that Pedro Gonzalez has submitted final homesteading claim for non-coal land in Walsenburg district, with 4 Hispanic witnesses
Policarpio Cordova Family, undated
LHP_Intern2020-01-09T22:32:55+00:00Policarpio ran a cattle and sheep ranch operation near Trinidad with his brother Juan Antonio and his father
Notice in paper by shepherds registering the brand marks for their sheep, 1899
LHP_Intern2020-01-09T22:33:39+00:00Notice in paper by shepherds registering the brand marks for their sheep, 1899
Threshing Technique, 1889
LHP_Intern2020-01-09T22:33:54+00:00Description of how Hispanic farmers along Purgatoire River in Las Animas County threshed grain
Goat Herders, 1905
LHP_Intern2020-01-18T16:54:55+00:00Hispanics owned flocks of goats that they grazed outside Trinidad
Horse-Drawn Plow, 1915
LHP_Intern2020-01-09T22:34:38+00:00Hilario Herminio Paiz (Herman) sits on a horse-drawn plow on his ranch in Gulnare (Las Animas County), 1915
Antonio Cipriano Gutierrez’s Saddle, probably early 20th century
LHP_Intern2020-01-09T22:35:00+00:00Mexican charro-style saddle with a wide seat, big slick horn, and bull-nose style tapaderos. Used by Antonio Cipriano Gutierrez (1842-1929) of Colfax County, New Mexico, and Las Animas County, Colorado.