Alfalfa, CO San Isidro, CO

[sjjasando]

Does anyone know or know where I can find the location of a couple of small towns or locales in Las Animas county? I am looking to find Alfalfa, CO where my Dad was born and San Isidro, CO where my Grandmother was born. Thanks

[Dodie]

The following information was given to me by Alice.

From the early 1900's City Directory

Alfalfa has a population of 200. A Post office 12 miles from Earl, the shipping point, and 25 miles west of Trinidad, the banking point. The Purgatorie River at this place furnishes power. Has a Catholic Church, general store and long distance telephone connection. Agriculture and stockraising are the chief industries.

Gonzales, Eduardo, gen store
Gonzales, Santos, rancher

[diamond j]

Hey Anthony Sandoval,I know where Alfalfa is located. Can also give you a good idea of where San Isadoro is located.

[sjjasando]

Hey Larry, what can you tell me? Thanks!

[RR-Guy]

Alfalfa, 1864, first called Raton,
NE 1/4 sec. 1, T. 33 S., R. 61 W. or NW 1/4 sec. 32, T. 32 S., R. 60 W.

There are two references to San Isidro listed in the below PDF file;

San Isidro, 1894,
in NE 1/4 sec. 24, T. 33 S., R. 68 W.,
at confluence of North Fork and Middle Fork of
Purgatoire River (Vigil and Lucero)

San Isidro,
SW 1/4 sec.12, T. 34 S., R. 61 W. (near Abeyta), a station on the C. & S. Ry. or on the U.P.
Denver and Gulf(?) on San Isidro Creek

Link to the above information.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i-2745/i-2745pam.pdf

[Kenneth Jessen]

Glenn Scott with the USGS put together a series of historic trails maps of Eastern Colorado and lists several sites for Alfalfa east of Trinidad. These sites are also in my book, Ghost Towns, Eastern Colorado. There are structures at two of the sites.

Kenneth Jessen
author - Loveland, Colorado