Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, FrankGallegos-304.
Summary
Hispanic American sheepherders pose near sacks of wool and with freight wagons loaded with sacks of wool near the Denver and Rio Grande railroad station in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a freight car near the wood frame station.
Date
ca. 1900
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Freight wagons loaded with sacks of wool were brought to Fort Garland, Colorado to sell and ship to market on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Settlers who grazed their sheep on the Sangre de Cristo Mexican Land Grant, sheared their herds in the spring before summer grazing. (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 209)."; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Frank Gallegos.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001521009
Is Part Of
Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection.;
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons.; Railroad stations.; Shepherds.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Fort Garland--Pictorial works.; Shepherds--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Wagons--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; San Luis (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
loan; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy; 2010.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
No
Type of Material
Digital images.; Group portraits.; Digital images.; Group portraits.
Contributors
Gallegos, Frank,; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, lender.
