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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hesperus

 
Clickable Map of La Plata County, Colorado and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg La Plata County, CO (14) Archuleta County, CO (3) Dolores County, CO (7) Hinsdale County, CO (0) Montezuma County, CO (61) San Juan County, CO (0) San Juan County, NM (20)  LaPlataCounty(14) La Plata County (14)  ArchuletaCounty(3) Archuleta County (3)  DoloresCounty(7) Dolores County (7)  HinsdaleCounty(0) Hinsdale County (0)  MontezumaCounty(61) Montezuma County (61)  SanJuanCounty(0) San Juan County (0)  SanJuanCountyNew Mexico(20) San Juan County (20)
Hesperus, Colorado and Vicinity
    La Plata County (14)
    Archuleta County (3)
    Dolores County (7)
    Hinsdale County (0)
    Montezuma County (61)
    San Juan County (0)
    San Juan County, New Mexico (20)
 
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1Colorado (La Plata County), Hesperus — Dominguez - Escalante Expedition
On U.S. 160 0.8 miles from Cherry Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
On August 10, 1776, there passed by here the expedition of Fathers Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante with eight companions. They were seeking a route to link the long established missions of New Mexico with Monterey, the . . . — Map (db m71613) HM
2Colorado (La Plata County), Hesperus — Dominguez & Escalante
On Navajo Trail (U.S. 160) 0.8 miles west of Cherry Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
In 1776, Franciscan Fathers Francisco Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante, and eight companions explored what is now western Colorado, Utah, and northern Arizona as men of peace. In August 1776, Fathers Dominquez and Escalante and a . . . — Map (db m153334) HM
3Colorado (La Plata County), Hesperus — Dominguez and Escalante
On U.S. 160 0.8 miles west of Cherry Creek Road, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
In 1776, Franciscan Fathers, Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Excalante and eight companions, explored what is now southern Colorado, Utah, and northern Arizona, as men of peace. Between August and December, 1776, Dominguez . . . — Map (db m153336) HM
4Colorado (La Plata County), Hesperus — The Old Spanish Trail
On U.S. 160 0.8 miles west of Cherry Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
Between 1800 and 1850, the Old Spanish Trail became a regional trade route between Santa Fe and California. Dominguez and Escalante traveled through this valley in 1776. Within twenty-five years of their expedition this trail became a . . . — Map (db m71614) HM
 
 
  
 
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Nov. 17, 2020