Private land claims in Colorado

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Description

Discusses the 15,000 square miles of southern Colorado which was subject to the Mexican land grant system. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Sangre de Cristo Land Grant, Maxwell Land Grant, Nolan Land Grant, Conejos Land Grant, Vigil and Saint Vrain Grant, Baca Grant, Tierra Amarilla Land Grant


Object Information

Date Created:

1832-1843

Local ID:

SER.2553.668

Rights:

In copyright


Appears In

Resource Kit
History Colorado

Colorado Borderlands

Welcome to the Borderlands of Southern Colorado, an ancient crossroads. They have a violent history of conquest and enslavement, but also traditions of beauty and diversity. A place where Indigenous cultures blend with Spanish, Mexican, and American traditions to create a unique identity unlike any other in the world. This identity lives within the people of the Borderlands, and it goes with them wherever they move. Borderlands people don’t stay still. By choice, by force, or by necessity, they have moved a lot. They are mobile people who have lived beyond boundaries and between languages. They are people who live "sin fronteras" - without borders.

Created by: History Colorado

Grade 6-8