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

San Carlos de los Jupes

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 18, 2013

1. San Carlos de los Jupes Marker

Inscription. By 1700 Comanches moved south from the northern Rockies onto the plains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. They raided the Apaches and Spanish settlements from the late 1600s until 1779 when the Governor of New Mexico, Don Juan Bautista de Anza, decisively defeated a large group, led by Cuerno Verde in a battle near the mountains to the southwest of here. The Comanches signed a peace treaty in 1786, and a year later the asked for Spanish assistance to build a permanent farm village. The Spanish provided workmen, tools, farming implements, seed and livestock to help found San Carlos de los Jupes, but Comanche religious beliefs caused abandonment of the village within a year because a member of the tribe died there. It is believed that San Carlos de los Jupes was built just west of here at the confluence of the Arkansas and San Carlos rivers. Although this early Spanish attempt to colonize Plains Indians failed, the Comanches were comparatively friendly towards the New Mexican settlements thereafter.

Erected 1972 by the State Historical Society of Colorado, the Arkansas Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the

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American Revolution, and the Colorado Department of Highways through the Robert S. Ellison Memorial Fund. (Marker Number 161.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and the History Colorado series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1700.

Location. 38° 15.863′ N, 104° 27.474′ W. Marker is near Vineland, Colorado, in Pueblo County. It is at the intersection of Lane 36 (State Highway 231) and Santa Fe Drive (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling north on Lane 36. Marker is just south of the Arkansas River bridge. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pueblo CO 81006, 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

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 18, 2013

2. San Carlos de los Jupes Marker

was once the Comanchería

and also the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jacob Fowler's Lookout - Fountain City (approx. 7.3 miles away); The Mormon Battalion (approx. 8 miles away); The Artist for Marcelino Baca - Huberto Maestas (approx. 8.2 miles away); The Artist for Charles Autobees - Dustin Payne C/A (approx. 8.2 miles away); The Artist for Teresita Sandoval & Deon Duncan (approx. 8.3 miles away); Pueblo Trading Post (approx. 8.3 miles away); Fort Pueblo (approx. 8.3 miles away); Teresita Sandoval (approx. 8.3 miles away).

More about this marker. Mrs. John B. Farley of the DAR Arkansas Valley Chapter did the research for the text of this marker, which was erected September 30, 1972 for the Colorado Bicentennial. Source: Colorado Historical Markers compiled and edited by Junann J. Stieghorst, 1978

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2013, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,328 times since then and 152 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2013, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.