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ute-history

3 Porch Notes tagged “ute-history,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Archuleta County

The hot spring that gave Pagosa Springs its name

The geothermal spring at the center of Pagosa Springs has drawn people since long before the town existed, and its story includes Ute and earlier Native histories that deserve careful telling.

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History and culture - Archuleta County

This was Ute homeland, and it still is Ute country

Archuleta County lies within long-held Ute homeland, and the 1873 Brunot Agreement is part of the difficult history of how those lands changed hands.

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History and culture - Rio Blanco County

In Meeker, a free museum sits inside the army cabins that started the town

Meeker's free White River Museum fills two 1880s log cabins built as army officers' quarters, opening a door to the 1879 Meeker Incident and the Ute history beneath the town.

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