Downtown in Pueblo in Pueblo County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
The Artist for Teresita Sandoval & Deon Duncan
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Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 11, 2025
1. The Artist for Teresita Sandoval & Deon Duncan Marker
Teresita Sandoval (1811-1894) was born in Taos, Mexico. In 1842, Teresita and her rancher companion, Matthew Kinkead, helped build and manage the Pueblo Trading Post. She was stubborn and hot tempered but also intelligent and courageous: She was willing to share the drudgery and terrors of frontier life as well as perform domestic duties: Social customs and culture were derived principally from the women who lived at the post. Teresita had six children with their two fathers, Jose Suaso and Kinkead. She lived in Taos and Mora Mexico, the Pueblo Trading. Post, the Hardscrabble, and the Huerfano Valley all in the Arkansas River Valley. Including Suaso, a Mexican farmer, and Kinkead, the American rancher, she also was companion to British trader Alexander Barclay. Her many tasks included being a mother, farmer, rancher, and an entrepreneurial trader dealing with Native Americans. Upon leaving Barclay, she lived with her widowed daughter Cruz Doyle on the Joseph Doyle Ranch. Teresita's brother Benito died in the attack at the Pueblo Trading Post in 1854. Teresita died on the Doyle Ranch and is buried nearby. Teresita was a hardworking, tenacious, and spirited woman of many roles during and after the post's existence.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music
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Location. 38° 16.017′ N, 104° 36.599′ W. Marker is in Pueblo, Colorado, in Pueblo County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from the intersection of North Union Avenue and Richmond Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 297 Central Main St, 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 Comancherνa and also the Republic of Texas.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pueblo Trading Post (here, next to this marker); The Artist for Charles Autobees - Dustin Payne C/A (within shouting distance of this marker); Teresita Sandoval (within shouting distance of this marker); The Artist for Marcelino Baca - Huberto Maestas (within shouting distance of this marker); Matthew Kinkead (within shouting distance of this marker); Evocation (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Pueblo (about 400 feet away); Borderland / Pueblo / Railroads / Pueblo Country (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pueblo.
More about this marker. The Walk of Legends runs from Central Main Street to North Union Avenue.
Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia article on Teresita Sandoval. (Submitted on August 18, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 11, 2025
2. Sculpture of Teresita Sandoval by Deon Duncan.
2. The Pueblo Chieftain article on the sculptures at the Walk of Legends. 3 pioneers are immortalized in the new Walk of Legends Park. Here's who they were (Submitted on August 18, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Public Domain - Courtesy of Colorado Historical Society, 1853
3. Teresita Sandoval as sketched by Alexander Barclay.
The above sketch by Alexander Barclay, a London immigrant who would later become Sandoval's third husband. Barclay's sketch features Sandoval wearing a red skirt and carrying a laundry basket on her head, sporting braids similar to those of Queen Victoria. This depiction serves as inspiration for Duncan's sculpture here at the Walk of Legends.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 85 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 18, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
