Perfecto Chavez, a Hispanic sheepherder, murdered in Saguache County; Anglo man accused is described as a cow-boy
LHP_Intern2019-09-22T03:57:52+00:00Perfecto Chavez, a Hispanic sheepherder, murdered in Saguache County; Anglo man accused is described as a cow-boy
Man accused of killing Chavez refused bail; admits he shot him but will claim self defense
LHP_Intern2019-09-22T03:56:10+00:00Man accused of killing Chavez refused bail; admits he shot him but will claim self defense
Man accused of killing Chavez acquitted
LHP_Intern2019-10-11T04:04:08+00:00Paper says that “men who own great herds of cattle” were responsible for jury’s verdict, as in similar cases where perpetrator has gone unpunished
Anglo man and son charged with assaulting Hispanic sheep herder and killing/stealing his sheep
LHP_Intern2019-09-22T03:51:44+00:00Anglo man and son charged with assaulting Hispanic sheep herder and killing/stealing his sheep
Sheepherders pose near sacks of wool
LHP_Intern2019-10-11T04:04:59+00:00And with freight wagons loaded with sacks of wool near the Denver and Rio Grande railroad station in Fort Garland (Costilla County), 1910
Reginaldo García, a sheep rancher in Conejos County.
LHP_Intern2019-10-11T04:03:25+00:00He was also a banker and a legislator in the House of Representatives in the Colorado General Assembly. Photo from 1920s.