Pueblo's North Side Neighborhood is one of the most significant collections of residential buildings in southeastern Colorado. Beginning in the 1880s, Mahlon and John Thatcher, chose to locate their enormous estates in the North Side. They established a trend that would span the next seven decades.

Salida is the county seat of Chaffee County and its largest city, with a population of 5,504 in 2000. The city is the service, supply, and tourism center for the Upper Arkansas Valley. The 2001-02 survey of historic buildings in Salida had two primary goals: to conduct an intensive level survey to record and evaluate properties within and adjacent to the historic commercial district and to conduct a reconnaissance level survey of the remainder of...

Come with us and explore an area steeped in the Spanish Colonial Culture, whose roots go back in time to 1598. Explore Indian cultures going back to the prehistoric time of Bison Taylori and Folsom Man. Visit the sites of the old Spanish trails, old Spanish forts, acequias, livestock trails, and discover the churches that provided the impetus for exploration and Settlement. During your journey study the old trapper's creeks, and precious metal mines...