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ute
7 Porch Notes tagged “ute,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Hinsdale County
Lake City exists because of mining on land taken from the Ute people
Lake City grew as a mining supply town in the 1870s on land the Ute people were forced to cede, history worth understanding plainly.
Read note ->History and culture - Ouray County
Ouray is named for a Ute leader, and the county carries the name too
The town and county of Ouray are named for Ouray, a nineteenth-century leader of the Tabeguache (Uncompahgre) band of Ute people, and early accounts say the townsite was first known as Uncompahgre City.
Read note ->History and culture - Montrose County
The Ute Indian Museum tells the Ute story of the Uncompahgre Valley
Just south of Montrose, the Ute Indian Museum is a History Colorado site on land tied to Ute leader Ouray and his wife Chipeta, and it is the place to learn the Uncompahgre Valley's Ute history.
Read note ->History and culture - El Paso County
Pikes Peak carried older names long before it was on a map
The mountain that anchors El Paso County was known to the Ute and other tribes by its own names for generations before Zebulon Pike's 1806 sighting.
Read note ->History and culture - Moffat County
Northwest Colorado was Ute homeland, and that history deserves care
The land that became Moffat County was long the homeland of Ute people, and their removal in the late 1800s opened it to settlement — a history worth learning from official and tribal sources.
Read note ->History and culture - Garfield County
Glenwood Springs grew up around its hot springs
The mineral hot springs at Glenwood Springs were known to the Ute people long before the town, and that water is a central part of why the place grew where it did.
Read note ->History and culture - Grand County
Long before the towns, Middle Park was Ute hunting ground
The high valley that holds Grand County's towns was a long-used hunting ground and gathering place for Ute people, including the hot springs at Hot Sulphur Springs.
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