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Historical Tales from the Region
- Murderer Escapes
in 1873
- Trinidad posse bungles capturing
criminal after a Christmas horse race turns brutal.
- Military Stands
Ready at Sheriff's Request
- Lynchings and unrest follow the
discovery of the bodies of sheep ranching couple at a ranch on the Apishipa River outside
of Trinidad in 1873.
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- Crowd Demands
Killer in 1873
- Land dispute between Trinidad pioneer Barney O'Neal and a
shady character known as Ed Clark leads to murder and hanging at the beginning of summer
in 1873.
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- Rail Line
Speculation
- Many bet on the arrival of iron horses
as rail companies begin to set their sites on Trinidad in the summer of 1871.
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- Mail Stops in
1873
- Horse epidemic froze correspondence to
and from Trinidad as angry residents called in Postal Department Special Agents to
investigate.
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- Hoehne Mercantile
- William Hoehne starts store and grocery east of Trinidad in
1863.
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- The Hazards of
Being a Newspaper Editor
- Crowd attacks staff of local newspaper
during election of 1872.
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- Off by 357
Indians
- Reporter straightens story and pens
poem in 1872 Trinidad.
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- Translating
the Law
- County commissioners and local law
enforcement hit language barrier in 1872 Trinidad.
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- Hangman's
Hollow
- Arroyo east of Trinidad gains ominous name as a local posse
captures a horse thief around 1871.
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- Bridge
Street Becomes Commercial
- County Commissioners of 1871 continue defining layout of
Trinidad by appointing a committee to move bridge.
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- Stage
Brings Migrants & Father Munnecom's Mystery Box
- Last wave of stage lines deliver people and freight to
Trinidad in 1871.
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- Safe Shortage
in Trinidad
- Valuables were often kept in the strangest places around 1871
in Trinidad as everyone from stage lines to storekeepers sought safe storage places.
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- 1871 Land
Grant Woes Part 1
- Many in the Trinidad dispute 4 million acres of Vigil &
St. Vrain land grant as 1871 gets underway.
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- 1871 Land
Grant Woes Part 2
- Judge lays low as many claim land between Purgatoire and
Arkansas Rivers.
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- Saloon
Hosts Church
- Trinidad's growth spotlights shortage of public meeting
places in 1870.
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- Trinidad
Streets Take Shape
- Ribbons cause buildings to move in the late 1860's as early
county commissioners enforce street plan.
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- Capturing The
Coe Gang
- Cavalry regiment stays in Trinidad to
track down rustlers working territory between the Purgatoire and the Dry Cimarron Canyon
in the spring of 1868.
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- The Last
Major Indian Disturbance
- The summer of 1868 brings a warband of Cheyennes, Kiowas, and
Comanches to Trinidad's door.
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- The Denver
& Santa Fe Lines
- New line guns for express stage coach services by offering to
carry the mail to Trinidad for free in 1867.
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- The Coach
Competition
- A new stage line establishes direct route between Trinidad
and Denver in 1867 and cuts travel time to 36 hours.
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- Ute
Uprising of 1866 Part 1
- Chief Ka-ni-ache leads restless and hungry band of Utes
toward Trinidad at the beginning of October in 1866.
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- Ute
Uprising of 1866 Part 2
- Colonel Alexander's attack on a band of Ute's in Trinidad and
his exaggerated report create a stir that brings Kit Carson in to settle matters.Trinidad
at the beginning of October in 1866.
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- A
Compass And A Girl
- Coincidence lands Trinidad a street survey and a name. Find
out about where the name Trinidad came from in the first place.
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- Fisher's
Peak
- The story of how the main landmark of Trinidad came by its
name.
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- Aultman
Memories: Building A Phonograph in 1923
- Glenn Aultman recounts how he convinced his father to let him
build a phonograph of his own in 1923.
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- Glenn
Aultman's First Phonograph
- Glenn Aultman of the Aultman Photography Studios talks about
his first encounter with a phonograph in the early days of Trinidad.
The Trinidad War - Drunken brawl in 1868 escalates into street war and the army
is called in to restore order.
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- Native
Indians Face Newcomers
- The 17th Century brings the Spanish and French deeper into
Southern Colorado. Go here to find out more.
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- How the
Purgatory River Got Its Name
- Spaniard attempts to enslave area Indians lead to an unusual
name for area river. Go here to find out more.
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