Saguache’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Saguache. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Saguache is a small historical village in an agricultural area in southern Colorado at the northern gateway to the San Luis Valley, a valley between the Sangre de Cristo Range on the east and the San Juan Mountains to the west. Saguache Creek flows through the town from its beginnings high in the San Juan mountains. The site has been known for centuries to Native Americans who moved down from their summer homes in the mountains to the valley during the winter months. The Spanish began to move into the area in the 1600s and Spanish sheepherders passed through each year as they drove their flocks into the hills for summer grazing. Later the early white settlers and miners passed through this area, many seeking passage west along the Old Spanish Trail. In the mid-1860s, the first permanent white settlements were established in Saguache and the nearby town of Villa Grove. Saguache County…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Saguache’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Saguache’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSaguache Hotel - c. 1915, c. 1915: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Saguache
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Saguache, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Saguache
Saguache has 3 listings on the National Register, and they protect 35 historic buildings, because Saguache Downtown Historic District alone counts 32.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1975Saguache School and Jail BuildingsListed 1978Saguache Flour MillListed 2014Saguache Downtown Historic DistrictThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Saguache Hotel - c. 1915 (c. 1915) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.