Downtown in Pueblo in Pueblo County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Matthew Kinkead

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 11, 2025

1. Matthew Kinkead Marker

Inscription.
Mathew Kinkead inherited the ambitious qualities required of a frontiersman. His family's name is recorded among the founders of Madison and Franklin Missouri. His contemporaries included a list of notable trail blazers, among them Kit Carson. He became a distillery owner in Santa Fe, and farmed in Mora, New Mexico before becoming the first to raise cattle and buffalo on the northern banks of the Arkansas River, 1841. Primary among his business dealings was partial financing of El Pueblo Trading post, 1842. Kinkead was a successful trader, merchant, rancher and founder of Pueblo. By 1848 California beckoned him, there his varied experiences and adventurous spirit made him a wealthy man.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1841.

Location. 38° 16.035′ N, 104° 36.638′ W. Marker is in Pueblo, Colorado, in Pueblo County. It is in Downtown. It is on North Victoria Avenue near North Union Avenie, on the right when traveling north. Located on the grounds of the El Pueblo History Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 N Union Ave, Pueblo CO 81003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Arkansas River Valley

and in the Front Range.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería

and also the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Teresita Sandoval (a few steps from this marker); Evocation

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Pueblo Trading Post (within shouting distance of this marker); The Artist for Teresita Sandoval & Deon Duncan (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Pueblo (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Artist for Charles Autobees - Dustin Payne C/A (about 300 feet away); The Artist for Marcelino Baca - Huberto Maestas (about 400 feet away); Borderland / Pueblo / Railroads / Pueblo Country (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pueblo.

Also see . . . Mathew Kinkead – Colorado Trader to Wealthy Californian [Legends of America]. (Submitted on August 17, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Matthew Kinkead Marker at the El Pueblo History Museum. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 11, 2025

2. Matthew Kinkead Marker at the El Pueblo History Museum.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 11, 2025

3. Matthew Kinkead Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 151 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 17, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.