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Salt Creek Residents Taking Precautions with Well Water, Oct., 1971
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.
September 13, 2019
Salt Creek residents push for bus service, 1992
Sharon Villalon, executive director of HOPE Alive, said Salt Creek residents have complained to her agency that the lack of adequate public transportation remains among the neighborhood’s chief problems.
Salt Creek Residents make bid for bus service, 1982
Local residents say it is frustrating and discouraging to feel they are stranded outside the City.
Salt Creek residents fight for paved roads, 1972
Residents of the Salt Creek community asked the county commissioners to improve and pave roads in the community—an issue that has been raised repeatedly for several years. Louis Garcia, chairman of the Barrio de Salado Improvement Association, accused Road Commissioner Martin Moore of failing to meet past promises to pave roads in Salt Creek and of being a racist.
Salt Creek Residents Condemn Water Supply, Nov., 1971
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.
Rural folk band
Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado, 1915-20.
September 21, 2019
Ruins of the Commissary at Madrid Plaza, undated
A Commissary was a company store that sold food and other necessities
May 12, 2019
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