Saguache County COGenWeb

Resources

Books

• Frontier Eyewitness - Diary of John Lawrence (1867-1908)
  By John Lawrence, edited and annotated by Bernice Martin c.1990
• Saguache - Profile of Tranquility
  By Paul F. Moloney c.1986
• Bonanza! - A Pictorial History of Colorado's Kerber Creek
  By Helen Ashley Anderson Kempner c.1978
• The Last Ranch - A Colorado community and the comming Desert
  By Sam Bingham c.1997
• Saguache Chronicle Newspaper 1874 - 1886
  At the Durango Public Library and the Reed Library at the Fort Lewis College
• F.A. McKinney's San Luis Valley City Directory 1913-1914
  By F.A. McKinney c.1913
  At the Southwest Regional Library

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Chamber of Commerce

• Center Chamber of commerce P.O. Box 576 Center, CO 81125 (800) 428-8320 (719) 754-3137
• Crestone / Moffat Business Association (719) 256-4110
• Saguache Chamber of commerce P.O. Box 441 Saguache, CO 81147 (719) 655-2805 (719) 655-2264
• San Luis Valley Information Center P.O. Box 165 Monte Vista, CO 81144 1-800-214-1240 (719) 852-0600

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Churches

• Baptist Chapel Hwy. 285 Villa Grove, CO 81155
• Center Assembly of God 565 7th Street Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2273
• Center United Methodist Church 387 S. Broadway Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2243
• Church in the Valley 5th & Gunnison Saguache, CO 81149
  (719) 655-2717
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 48920 W State Hwy 112 Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2567
• Crestone Baptist Church 70863 County Road T Crestone, CO 81131 (719) 256-4625
• Faith Baptist Church 4th & Worth Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2327
• First Baptist Church 8715 Adams St. Hooper, CO 81136
• First Baptist Church of Center 298 E 3rd Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2290
• Free Spirit Christian Church Hwy 17 & Moffat Way Moffat, CO 81143 (719) 256-4226
• Johannine Grove Ministry & Mystery Temple 30 Sunset Overlook
  Crestone, CO 81131
  (719) 256-4057
• Khmer-Buddist Educational Assistance ProjectP.O. Box 657 Crestone, CO 81131 (719)256-4603
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 6th & Broadway Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2234
• Little Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church Crestone, CO 81131 (719) 539-4562
• Moffat community Church Moffat, CO 81143
• Pitkin Avenue Baptist Church 610 7th Street Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2641
• Saguache United Methodist Church 6th & Christie Ave. Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-3409
• St. Agnes Catholic Church 505 Gunnison Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2530
• St. Francis Jerome Catholic Church E 8th & Hurt St. Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-3964
• United Methodist Church Christy & 5th Saguache, CO 81149
• Villa Grove Baptist Church 34042 US Hwy 285 Villa Grove, CO 81155 (719) 539-3949

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Libraries

• Saguache County Public Library
• Center Branch 400 S. Worth St. P.O. Box 369 Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-3156
• Saguache Branch 702 Pitkin Ave. P.O. Box 448 Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2551
• Colorado State Archives Family History Resources
• Colorado Virtual Library - Searchable
• Denver Public Library
• The Southwest Regional Library - Searchable - Covers the San Luis Valley & the San Juan Basin.
• Repositories of Primary Sources - Colorado

 

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Local History & Information

San Luis Valley Historical Society
P.O. Box 982
Alamosa, CO 81101
Covers Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande and Saguache Counties


• 1948 Town Election - Saguache
• 1870 Saguache County Census
• Alfred Packer
• Alfred Packer - The San Juan Cannibal
• Civilian Conservation Corps - Saguache Camp
• CO Cattle Brand Records 1885-1967 (sorted by county)
• Early Residents of the San Luis Valley - By Vikki Gray
• Flash Floods of 1881, 1911 and 1947 - By Cecil Hall
• Named Summits of Saguache County
• Peyton & Hanawalt Grocers, Saguache
• Remember When? - Great site, A must see, reprints of old newspaper articles; by Cecil Hall

 

• Saguache County GenForum - Another query board
• Saguache County Museum
• Saguache County Registered Historic Properties - from the State of Colorado
• Saguache Theatre Fire of 1926 - By Cecil Hall
• San Luis Valley Rural Telecommunications Project Site
• San Luis Valley Information Center
• San Luis Valley Information Source
• San Luis Valley Museum Association
• Sargent School District
• Walking Tour of Main Street in Saguache - By Cecil Hall. A very nice site with lots of pictures. Spring 2000

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Maps

• Map of the San Luis Valley - Colorado and New Mexico
• Interactive County Map - Colorado
• US Geological Survey's Geographic Name Server

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Museums

• Hazard House Museum 807 Pitkin Ave. Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2805
• Museums in the San Luis Valley Lots of links and addresses
• Saguache County Museum
• U.S. Highway 285
  P.O. Box 243
  Saguache, CO 81149
  (719) 655-2805
• Saguache County House Museum 807 Pitkin Ave. Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2488 (719) 655-2557
• San Luis Valley History Museum 306 Hunt Ave. P.O. Box 1593 Alamosa, CO 81101 (719) 587-0667

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Newspapers

• Center Post-Dispatch
  (719) 754-0055
  Obituaries in their searchable archives from January 2000 to current
• Crestone Eagle P.O. Box 101 Crestone, CO 81131 (719) 256-4956
• Saguache Crescent P.O. Box 195 Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2620

Other area papers

• Mineral County Miner
• Monte Vista Journal
• South Fork Times
• Valley Courier
  Obituaries in their searchable archives from January 2000 to current

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School Districts

• Center School District
• Sargent School District

 

 

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