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Bent's Fort Chapter Santa Fe Trail Association Bent’s Fort Chapter Santa Fe Trail Association October 2013 Newsletter LaDonna Hutton Is The New President of SFTA DON’T (Santa Fe Trail As- sociation’s officer FORGET sociation members slate was eminent, These were shocked to I have so appreci- Future learn of the pass- ated the words of Events ing of Association support and en- President Roger Slusher on July 4, couragement from 2013. During the many of you. Even SFTA Board Meet- though Roger’s October 12: Bent’s ings in New Mexico footprints in our Old Fort Fur Trade in April, Roger had association and Encampment complained of back our hearts can October 19: Bent’s pain and was diag- never be filled, I New Fort NPS Way- nosed with arthritis in his lower back. A trip want you all to side Exhibit Dedication to the emergency room in June revealed that November 1-3: Tour know I am willing to humbly and honora- he was suffering from stage four pancreatic bly “step up to the plate” to fill the posi- in Taos, New Mexico cancer. His illness advanced rapidly and he December 6: Bent’s passed away at Research Medical Center in tion vacated by Roger’s passing. Old Fort Christmas Kansas City. It will be my purpose and desire to carry Celebration BFC member LaDonna Hutton, Acting Vice- on the important projects and business President of SFTA, has assumed the presi- of the Santa Fe Trail Association. With dency, and penned these comments in the the help of our entire Santa Fe Trail fam- last issue of Wagon Tracks.) ily, we will be able to accomplish Roger’s Inside this issue… and our dreams for the Santa Fe Trail Roger’s death has come as a shock to Association. I will need all of your sup- New SFTA President all of us. Our heartfelt love and support port through this transition. Somehow, I Pueblo Tour go out to his wife, Sandy. feel that Roger will be right there encour- Front Range Pipeline Up- One of the strengths on any association aging us from above. date is its ability to carry on after the loss of I welcome your comments, ideas, and Willard Louden Remem- such a wonderful leader. Roger left a input. Please feel free to contact me at bered strong legacy in his vision for the Santa 719-469-2906 or at Amtrak Update Fe Trail Association. It is now our re- [email protected] or NPS on Facebook sponsibility to see his hopes and dreams [email protected] BFC News for the association come to fruition. May Roger’s spirit go ahead of us in The Civil War in Colorado As we grieve the loss of our President, it is comforting to know that we are sur- peace. The Cherokee Trail rounded by a wonderful Santa Fe Trail Book Reviews family. Over the past few short weeks as La Donna Hutton it became evident that change in the as- 2 BFC Members Tour of Sites in Pueblo Area On Saturday, August 17th, over forty members of the At our third stop BFC met at the St. Vrain Cemetery near Boone. Es- along the way into tablished in 1858 with the burial of Ceran St. Vrain’s Pueblo we learned wife, the cemetery is still a place for burial today. about a major bat- At the ceme- tle in which the tery we Spanish defeated learned more the Comanches in about 1779 near Green- Charles horn Peak. In San Carlos Autobees, an 1786 the Coman- early Colo- ches signed a rado pioneer. peace treaty at San Carlos de los Jupes in which Born in St. they agreed to farm in the area and were given many Louis in 1812 farm implements and seed by the Spaniards. A year St. Vrain Cemetery Charles left later, after the death of one of the Indians, the Co- home at thir- manches gave up farming and left the settlement. teen and began moving westward, first as a trapper In Pueblo, we along the Missouri River going as far as Idaho then viewed the mark- south into New Mexico where he sold Turley Distiller- ers of the trader ies White Lightning from 1836-1847. After serving as Jacob Fowler, the a Volunteer under Ceran St. Vrain to help quell the rancher Taos rebellion Charles moved to Colorado eventually Marcelino Baca, settling in the Arkansas Valley near the junction of and explorer the Huerfano and Arkansas Rivers. There he farmed Zebulon Pike. In for many years, dying in 1882. Sadly, many of the 1822, settling on the edge of what early tombstones in the graveyard, including those of Fowler, Baca, Pike Site Charles Autobees and his family, have been re- would one day moved and the exact location of his burial site is un- become Pueblo, Jacob Fowler built the first log house in the area. known. Marcelino Baca after trapping for many years, began Our next stop was at farming and ranching the in the Hardscrabble/Pueblo Fort Reynolds just area in 1844. The Zebulon Pike marker denotes east of Avondale. where Zebulon Pike and his troops camped in 1806 The fort, established and built the first in 1867, served the structures in Colo- western emigrants. rado. Located on the The forces at the fort Riverwalk in Pueblo, were made up of the Fort Reynolds Site it was a great place 5th infantry (ground to enjoy the welcome troops) and the 7th cavalry. While never participating shade from trees along the bank. in major battles the troops did go on patrols as far as Trinidad. The fort closed five years later in 1872. After lunch at the Relaxing Though the fort had 30 major buildings, today there is Southeast Colorado only the marker that denotes its former location. As a Heritage Center/ Museum, we learned of the Mormon Settlement in side note, one of the individuals stationed at the Fort, the Pueblo area in the mid-1840’s. The Mormon Bat- Lt. Lambert, went on to establish the Pueblo Chief- talion had over 500 recruits and traveled from Ft. tain. Leavenworth through Pueblo, served in the Mexican (Continued on page 4) 3 Pueblo Tour Continued Mexican War and then marched to assist General Fe Trail. Kearney in California. Some of the soldiers family Our many members settled in Pueblo during this time before thanks go out to many moved onto Utah. William Tilley, After the talk Abel Rael, Mary we went to the Lindenmuth, El Pueblo Mu- Georgine seum where Booms, and we viewed an Carla Hendrick- archeological El Pueblo excavation of son who with El Pueblo, the their knowledge contributed so much to further our first trading understanding of the early residents and pioneers of post in Pueblo the Arkansas River Valley and Pueblo. El Pueblo built in 1842. (This article was contributed by BFC member Dottie The site of the Russell. Photos courtesy of Dottie, Pat Palmer, and El Pueblo and the adjoining Fariss Hotel built in 1888 LaDonna Hutton. Also, thanks to Tony Juarez and was discovered in 1989. For many years the El Ron Dulle for creating this tour, previewing the sites, Pueblo’s trading activities connected with the Santa and arranging for the speakers and venues.) Front Range Pipeline Update One of the threats to the Santa Fe Trail is the vast Recent heavy rains complicated the archaeology number of new pipelines carrying oil and natural gas work as the trench began filling with seeping water from northern states to southern ones. One construc- when it was only about 18” deep. tion project SFTA preservation officers have been Despite this obstacle, evidence was found revealing watching is the new Front Range Pipeline which will the actual site of the carry liquefied natural gas from Weld County, Colo- Trail. According to Mr. rado, to Skellytown, Texas. This 435 mile long pipe- Carrillo, “I believe we line will cross the Santa Fe Trail in multiple spots in- did find a trace of the cluding a crossing on Hwy 194 near north La Junta. Santa Fe Trail. It con- On September 17th, the company cut a shallow sists of a fairly exten- trench several hun- sive area marked by a dred feet long that dark organic soil layer crossed the route of the Trail. On hand to about one foot or more monitor the cut and to in some place, in depth and located about 1.5- Richard Carrillo look for evidence of in Foreground the Trail were com- 2.0 feet below the pre- pany officials; Rich- sent ground surface. It ard Carrillo, Arche- was not a single swale, but rather a broad swath pro- ologist; Faye Gaines, viding the impression that in this area, at least, a se- L-R: Carrillo, Stevens, SFTA Preservation ries of wagons running abreast rather than in single Elliot, Gaines Chairwoman; Michael file. As flat is the field is and located in the Arkansas Elliot, NPS; Michelle River floodplain, it would be possible.” Stevens, USFS; and, BFC Preservation Chairman Kevin Lindahl. Richard and Ms. Stevens will return to the site later when the actual trench is dug for the pipeline. ( 4 In Memoriam: Willard Charles Louden, 1925—2013 (All of Colorado lost a great versity of Colorado, and Colorado State University, study- man with the recent passing of ing geology, anthropology, and psychology, and went on to Willard Louden. Below is a become a founder, volunteer curator, and Board member tribute written to him by his of the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art on Trinidad's wife, Mary Ann Louden.
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