An interview with William Convery, Colorado State Historian; filmed at Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado, February 24, 2010. William Convery discusses the history of Colorado, Hispanics in Colorado, and the Pueblo Revolt, among other topics
Colorado—within our state boundaries is land once claimed by Spanish Kings and Mexican governors. Although Native people first lived in the region, the first Europeans to visit came from Spain. Early Hispanic families moved north from New Mexico to settle in Southern Colorado. During these...
Colorado— within our state boundaries is land once claimed by Spanish Kings and Mexican governors. Although Native people first lived in the region, the first Europeans to visit came from Spain. Early Hispanic families moved north from New Mexico to settle in Southern Colorado. During these...
In this work Virginia Sanchez remembers a forgotten “ghost-town” constituting part of Colorado’s microhistory. In scope, the book studies Hispano farmers and ranchers in the Lower Cuchara Valley from “about October 20, 1862” to the 1950s. Sanchez has published two previous articles, one of which concerns her current book’s theme: the Hispano settlers of Cucharas, Colorado. Thus far, her best efforts have yielded the important Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, released to great acclaim in 2006. Her publisher describes her as “an independent historian who enjoys research” (191)....
If this were just a book on barbed wire, it would probably be a rather dull read. However, that is not the case. In just over one hundred pages the author manages to bring together not only a history of barbed wire, but the story of the American cattle industry and the settlement of the Great Plains.
By the mid-sixteenth century, longhorn cattle had probably drifted north from Mexico into what would become Texas and California. However, it was not until the 1800s that something resembling cattle management began. Many of the tricks of the trade employed by the American cowboy were...