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Volume 15 Spring 2009 No.2 OSTA 2009 Annual Conference Contents From the Editor . 1 The conference will be held at the Sky Ute Resort in Ignacio, CO, June President’s Corner . 3 6-7, 2009. The schedule includes a meeting of the OSTA board on June Articles 5, symposium speakers, the annual OSTA membership business meeting, Sheep Trade in New Mexico and a banquet with entertainment on June 6, and field trips to local historic (Baxter) . .5 sites on June 7. OSTA’s Colorado Director Pat Fluck is coordinating the Sabanilla Weaving and Colcha event, with assistance from James Jefferson of the Southern Ute Nation. For Stitching conference schedule, see pages 34-35. (Henderson) . 16 Spanish Trail Treasure (S. A. Matheson) . 20 From the Editor Establishment of the Old Spanish Trail Park in Las Vegas First, some good news. The Old Spanish Trail Park in Las Vegas was (Saines) . .36 officially dedicated this past November. Nevada Director Nick Saines’ News from the Trail article on page 36 gives the details. Congratulations, Nick! OSTA has Favorite OST Photos . 18 also received a request for Trail photos from National Geographic Books Chapter Reports . .26 for their upcoming book, Complete National Parks, which will include Traces Survey . 31 many National Historic Trails. Finally, I have contacted the producer of OSTA Contributions & Taxes . 33 a long-running California Public Broadcasting program, “Huell Howser’s Rituals & Societies, Taos Library 33 Road Trip,” about highlighting the OST. He said Mr. Howser was very Conference Schedule . 34 interested in doing a program on the OST and asked if we could suggest Reviews five to six stops on the Trail in California for him to visit. With Doug Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Knudson’s help, I suggested starting in Tecopa, and moving on to Barstow, Greenhorn . 12 Agua Mansa in Colton, the Workman and Temple Museum in the City of The Taos Trappers . 13 Industry, Mission San Gabriel, and the Los Angeles Plaza. Hopefully, the The Southwest Expedition Old Spanish Trail will soon come to life on PBS. of Jedediah S. Smith. .13 (Youker) Recently I was flying from Sacramento to Denver. I had chosen a window Old Spanish Trail seat on the right side of the plane so I could look south to see if I could Symphony . .14 identify any geographic landmarks of the Old Spanish Trail. Nevada’s (A. Matheson) continued on page 30 Spring 2009 Spanish Traces 1 THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL ASSOCIATION OSTA Board of The Old Spanish Trail (OST), one of America’s long distance pioneer Directors 2009 trade routes, is our country’s fifteenth National Historic Trail. From PRESIDENT : 1829 to 1848, traders and pack mules took the OST on a six-week trek Douglas Knudson from northern New Mexico to Southern California, where woolen goods 89 Fir Drive South Fork, CO 81154 from New Mexico were swapped for horses and pack stock raised on 719-873-5239 California’s ranchos. Many took the trail – traders, frontiersmen and [email protected] trappers, a handful of hardy families moving west, military expeditions, VICE -PRESIDENT : V ACANT and Indian guides. SECRETARY : Judy Knudson 89 Fir Drive The mission of the Old Spanish Trail Association (OSTA) is to study, South Fork, CO 81154 719-873-5239 preserve, protect, interpret, and promote appropriate use of the Old [email protected] Spanish National Historic Trail (OSNHT). OSTA promotes public TREASURER : awareness of the OST and its multicultural heritage through publications, Mark Franklin a website, and interpretive activities; by encouraging research; and by 2914 Junction Street Durango, CO 81301 partnering with governments and private organizations. We encourage you 970-375-7992 to join OSTA, help in trail preservation, and help increase appreciation of [email protected] the multicultural heritage of the American Southwest. DIRECTORS : Paul Ostapuk – AZ PO Box 3532 Page, AZ 86040 928-645-2558 Visit the OSTA Website [email protected] http://www.oldspanishtrail.org Cliff Walker – CA 1204 Gen Court The OSTA website is the place to go for both general background and recent Barstow, CA 92311 760-256-5570 news on the OST and OSTA. The site contains maps; an overview history [email protected] of the OST, including a bibliography; a listing of relevant books, with links Patricia Fluck – CO to sites where they can be purchased; and a regularly updated news page, PO Box 389 South Fork, CO 81154 containing links to government reports, activities of the OSTA membership, 719-873-5875 and other news relevant to the trail. The web page also links to NPS and BLM [email protected] webpages, which have further links to public documents and to maps of the Pat Kuhlhoff – NM 14 Duende Rd. OST. Copies of the DVD of the Old Spanish Trail Suite, a CD of back issues Santa Fe, NM 87508 505-466-4877 of Spanish Traces, and several books can all be purchased online from the [email protected] site. Nick Saines – NV 1587 Figueroa Drive Las Vegas, NV 89123 Spanish Traces is the official publication of 702-896-4049 [email protected] the Old Spanish Trail Association, a nonprofit Membership Dues: 501(c)(3) organization, incorporated under the Individual $25/year Leo Lyman – UT laws of the State of Colorado. ST welcomes Family $30/year PO Box 461326 Student $12/year Leeds, UT 84746 submission of letters, articles, book reviews, Institutional $30/year and OST related news. The next deadline for 435-879-2345 Life (single or couple) $250 [email protected] submissions is August 15, 2009. Corporate $100/min Mail your check to: OSTA Membership James Jefferson – Director-at- All matters relating to Spanish Traces should PO Box 1080 Large be directed to the Editor and Publishers: Waxhaw, NC 28173 3258 Highway 172 Durango, CO 81303 Daniel Lewis 970-259-1038 PO Box 108 [email protected] Olney Springs, CO 81062 E-mail: [email protected] 2 Spanish Traces Spring 2009 Chapter Contacts Life member Mark Armijo Chapter (AZ) Henderson resigned the Vice Jim Page Presidency in March when the Page, AZ board of directors did not support 435-675-9112 several procedural motions he [email protected] introduced. La Vereda del Norte Chapter (CO) Cynthia Kienitz has turned Pat Richmond over the Tecopa (CA) Chapter Creede, CO 719-658-2377 presidency to retired industry [email protected] Secretary Judy Knudson & President Douglas executive Jack Prichett. Cynthia Knudson on 50th Anniversary in Rio de continues her leadership as a board Janeiro, Brazil Nevada Chapter (NV) member. Liz Warren Jean, NV President’s Corner The current elections 702-874-1410 OSTA Grows and Changes (deadline May 1) will bring you [email protected] a new president, vice-president, Your dynamic organization secretary, and directors from New North Branch Chapter (CO) Victoria Gipson has grown in its activities that Mexico and Colorado. Grand Junction, CO focus on our four-part mission: 970-257-1302 to study, protect, interpret, and Progress in our mission: [email protected] promote the Old Spanish National Study: 1) Leo Lyman’s Rancho Chapter (CA) Historic Trail. We also had some Research Committee gathers Rick Whitaker changes of personnel. We have a steam. Leo will unveil a summary Newport Beach, CA very interesting annual conference of his strategy at the Ignacio 949-706-2154 coming up in early June, right Conference on June 6. 2) We have [email protected] on the Main Branch of the Old new books related to the trail, Salida del Sol Chapter (NM) Spanish Trail. two of them by OSTA Directors Pat Kuhlhoff C. Walker and E. L. Lyman. 3) Santa Fe, NM Changes: In mid-May, 15 of us will study 505-466-4877 Daniel Lewis is the fifth the home country of William and [email protected] editor of Spanish Traces. Thanks David Workman in NW England, Southern Utah Chapter (UT) to the 60 members who responded with members of our Workman Leo Lyman to Dan’s survey about your Chapter. We’ll bring pictures to Leeds, UT 435-879-2345 preferences. Jon and Deborah Ignacio. [email protected] Lawrence edited, printed, and mailed Traces for four years. They Interpretation/Education: Tecopa Chapter (CA) donated their time, energy, skill, 1) Lloyd Rivera has Jack Prichett Venice, CA and scholarship. We appreciate organized two series of talks in 310-821-7341 their fine work and wish them well Taos, NM. Friends of the Taos [email protected] in semi-retirement. Library sponsored five Saturday Don Mimms, of Pueblo, presentations in November 2008. William Workman Chapter (UK) Colorado, is serving as interim The LEF Foundation funded the William Ramsay Association Manager while a current April-May nine-week Cumbria, England c/o [email protected] search and select committee finds a series on Native American origins replacement for Donald Davidson, of the Old Spanish Trail, through who terminated his contract the SDS Chapter. effective March 31. continued on page 4 Spring 2009 Spanish Traces 3 2) Three National Forests are tribal leaders to take advantage of Upcoming Meetings using annual funding for the this national trail to benefit their OSNHT to develop signage and people and to provide special Santa Fe Trail Rendevous other interpretation in Colorado experiences to trail visitors. 4) A re-enactment of the Mountain and Utah. OSTA’s Interpretation/ Col. A.L. Matheson has agreed to Man Era, Pre-1840, on the Santa Fe Education Committee collaborates lead our efforts to provide maps to Trail with them. 3) You can visit the trail visitors in several forms. June 14-20 large traveling exhibit on the OST Raton, New Mexico at the Anasazi Heritage Center, Annual Conference: cap-n-ball.com/raton/ near Dolores, CO, on your way to “Keeping Alive the or from the Ignacio conference.