• CO -- Alamosa Alamosa County Courthouse 702 Fourth St. Alamosa
  National Historical site Reference number 95001149
• CO -- Alamosa American National Bank Building 500 State Ave. Alamosa
  National Historical site Reference number 99000446
• CO -- Alamosa Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot 610 State St. Alamosa
  National Historical site Reference number 93000034
• CO -- Alamosa Sacred Heart Catholic Church 727 4th St. Alamosa
  National Historical site Reference number 98000855
• CO -- Alamosa Superintendent's Residence, Great Sand Dunes National Monument CO 150, SW of Mosca Mosca
  National Historical site Reference number 89001761
• CO -- Alamosa Zapata Ranch Headquarters 5303 CO 150 Mosca
  National Historical site Reference number 93000199

First there were the Hogan Builders and then the Tabeguache Utes. They each considered the area their territory, where they lived and hunted, eventually to leave traces of their cultures. The area was then claimed by Spain until 1848 when Spain ceded this area to the U.S.

With the coming of the railroad in the 1870's, settlers arrived from Fort Garland. They founded the town of Alamosa, Spanish for cottonwood grove, that was to become a rail, agricultural, mining, and educational center.

Visit Alamosa County and learn how the railroad played a major role in its settlement.

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Alamosa County & San Louis Valley History

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written by Kathy Leigh
© 1999 by Mary Ann Hetrick