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Article calling for the hiring of more Chicano professors
El Diario article explaining why CU needs more Chicano professors.
June 8, 2021
Article about sale of portion of Taylor Ranch, 1999
Article reporting that the remaining two-third of the Taylor Ranch has been sold to Western Properties Investors. The sale took state and local officials by surprise, after 39 years of legal action and various attempts to acquire the property for public use. Full article here.
April 4, 2020
Article about new owner trying to overturn previous decision, 2018
“Decades-Long Battle About Historic Ranch Headed Back to Court.” Attorney for William B. Harrison, 4th owner since 2004, tries to persuade court to overturn 2003 decision of the Colorado Supreme Court giving heirs of land-grant awardees access to Taylor Ranch. First page of article.
Article about new owner having offered $300 to heirs if they would give up their claim; describes 2017, published 2018
“Cielo Vista: New landowner, old tricks”. Report that William Harrison, whose company purchased Cista Vista Ranch in Aug., 2017, sent out letters on Dec. 20, 2017, to the heirs who had gained access to the ranch through the 2003 legal decision, offering to buy back the land use rights if they weren’t being used. He offered $300 per heir. First page of article.
Article about new Hispanic political and benevolent organization, 1933
Description of first anniversary of the distinguished Asociacion Política y Protectiva Hispano Americano, evidently based in Pueblo, a precursor to later unions
May 11, 2019
Article about Francisco Coca, musician and activist, and his family, 1988
Francisco Coca “brings decades of tradition,” playing guitar and singing at Cinco de Mayo festivities in Pueblo’s Bessemer Park. From Aguilar, he performs with his wife and children, as La Familia Coca, doing a mixture of “old timers,” including songs from the Mexican Revolution of 1910, and contemporary songs like “Campesino” (farm workers) and “Learn to Read,” from the Nicaraguan revolution.
May 10, 2019
Article about community effort in San Luis to save land, 1994
“Community unites to save the land, water, and a way of life in the heart of the Southwest; Descendants of Colorado’s first settlers look to nation for support,” from La Sierra (published in San Luis), Vol.I, no 1, Spring, 1994.
April 4, 2020
Article about celebration at end of litigation, with description of the settlement agreed upon by owner of ranch and heirs, 2019
Description of the 2-day community celebration to be held in San Luis, organized by the Land Rights Council and the plaintiffs in the suits. This ends 59 years of struggle over Taylor Ranch and 37 years of legal action. The account lays out the conditions agreed upon in a recent settlement between William Harrison, the current owner of the ranch, and community members representing the 1,000 heirs of the original lant-grant recipients who gained access to the ranch in the 2003 settlement in their favor. First page only
Article about “La Sierra Land Grant Case,” 1995
“Costilla County Trial to be held in Rael v. Taylor after Colorado Court of Appeals Issues Ruling Favorable to Local Residents in 35-year-old San Luis Land Rights Battle.” From Tierra y Libertad, published in Grand Junction, Dec.,1995
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