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san luis valley
7 Porch Notes tagged “san luis valley,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Conejos County
Colorado's oldest church still holds Mass in Conejos
Our Lady of Guadalupe in Conejos is counted as Colorado's oldest parish, an adobe church still holding Mass, with a mid-December fiesta and an adobe prayer labyrinth.
Read note ->History and culture - Conejos County
Conejos and the long roots of Hispano settlement in the San Luis Valley
The Conejos area holds some of Colorado's earliest lasting Hispano settlement, tied to a Mexican-era land grant and the Catholic parish at Conejos, a history best learned from official archives.
Read note ->History and culture - Rio Grande County
Each March, Monte Vista throws a three-day festival for the cranes
For more than 40 years, the Monte Vista Crane Festival has built a three-day March event around the sandhill cranes that stop near town on their spring migration.
Read note ->History and culture - Costilla County
The Adobe Chapel at Viejo San Acacio, Often Called Colorado's Oldest Church
An adobe mission chapel that Hispano settlers raised near the Culebra River in the 1850s, still gathering its community for Mass and a yearly feast day.
Read note ->Water and land - Alamosa County
Why You Can Swim in Warm Water at 7,500 Feet North of Alamosa
Splashland, a beloved seasonal swimming pool a mile north of Alamosa, runs on geothermal water that drillers hit by accident in 1955 while looking for oil.
Read note ->History and culture - Conejos County
Conejos County sits inside the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
Conejos County is one of three counties in the federally designated Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, a recognition of the San Luis Valley's layered cultural and natural history.
Read note ->Cars and driving - Conejos County
Los Caminos Antiguos is the scenic byway that runs through Antonito
The Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic Byway links Antonito with Alamosa, San Luis, and Fort Garland, tying together the San Luis Valley's old towns, the railroad, and the route toward the Great Sand Dunes.
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