On 8th Street (State Highway 285) at Christy Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 8th Street.
The land around Saguache (pronounced “sah-WATCH”) has been inhabited for thousands of years – first by unnamed nomads, later by the Utes (who camped here seasonally), and later still by Mexican traders bound for California on the . . . — — Map (db m120166) HM
Near U.S. 160 at milepost 191.4, 0.1 miles west of County Road 50, on the right when traveling west.
While in Saguache in 1874, Alfred Packer was arrested on murder charges involving cannibalism. He escaped, but was caught, tried twice, sentenced to forty years in prison, and later pardoned. Though Packer was not incarcerated in the Saguache . . . — — Map (db m268123) HM
On 8th Street (State Highway 285) north of Pitkin Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This park is dedicated to Otto Mears, Russian-born Colorado Pioneer, know as “The Pathfinder of the San Juan”, who came to the San Luis Valley in 1865. In Saguache (A Ute Indian word meaning “blue earth”), Otto Mears was married in 1870, . . . — — Map (db m120163) HM
Near U.S. 285 just north of U.S. 50, on the right when traveling south.
The Top of the Rockies Scenic and Historic Byway travels through spectacular scenery and is surrounded by some of the state’s highest peaks. In the nineteenth century, these mountains yielded some of Colorado’s biggest mining fortunes. On the . . . — — Map (db m281215) HM
On 8th Street (U.S. 286) at Pitkin Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 8th Street.
Left plaque
George W. Hazard (1868-1938) was the second child of James Glann and Mary L (Stoddard) Hazard, and the only child to survive childhood. His older brother Henry died at the age of ten, and his younger sister Cora died in . . . — — Map (db m120162) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
