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La Veta, Colorado

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was closed in 2000. In the Late-2010s the property was re-opened as a Huferno County Park known as Parker-Fitzgerald Cuchara Mountain Park and operated by a non-profit as an all-season resort offering numerous activities. Despite unpredictable snow, residents of La Veta and surrounding towns are
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company, was intercepted and accosted by pro-strikers as he was traveling to the dentist in La Veta. He left the dentist's office later and was picked up by a car carrying three mine guards and a driver. A volley of gunfire was aimed at the car, killing all but Gambling. At least five men were
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attempting to reopen the abandoned ski area with cat-skiing having opened in spring 2023 and trail access to skiers skinning up the season before as they work to revive the dormant chairlifts and have them certified.
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as the commercial center. The 100-foot-square building was constructed with 2-foot thick adobe walls, interior rooms, that opened up to a central plaza. It was built with a flat roof with gun ports along the
516:. Gambling, who managed to escape to a nearby dairy farm on Middle Creek, was attended to and aided back to the Oakview Mine the next day by the dairy farmer who routinely delivered milk to the mining camp. 461:, and his business partner, Henry Daigre, purchased 48,000 acres of land in Cuchara Valley in 1862. The land was part of the Vigil land grant. They established a settlement for farmers and ranchers, with 2164: 1836: 2179: 2219: 2134: 3223: 2194: 2294: 2274: 482: 438: 1358: 1829: 333: 84: 55: 2259: 2229: 1550: 3096: 2279: 2214: 422: 46: 2239: 477:
In 1871, the settlement was named Spanish Peak and a post office was established. New settlers came to the area with the arrival of the
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Indians. Men got on the roof to defend the fort, and a volunteer rode to Fort Lyon. The Utes departed before the troops arrived.
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Colorado's youngest-serving politician, Logan Taggart, was appointed to the La Veta town council at age 18 in 2013.
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On the morning of November 8, 1913, William Gambling, a miner who had refused to join the 1913-1914
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The town is served by La Veta School District Re-2, which brands itself as La Veta Public Schools.
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The Military Occupation of the Coal Strike Zone of Colorado by the National Guard, 1913-1914.
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Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: La Veta, Colorado
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Spring Fire grows to 14,424 acres, Highway 160 closed at La Veta Pass
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Charles Clifford Coe, Middle Creek Ranch, Dairy Farm 1913 to 1975
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in relation to this incident, part of the early stages of the
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National Register of Historic Places, Francisco Plaza, 1986
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Climate data for La Veta, Colorado (Elevation 7,037ft)
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Adams, Louise; Griesan, Jean; Mitchell, Karen (n.d.).
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Francisco Fort
Statutory Town
La Veta from the east, looking towards Mount Mestas
Mount Mestas
Location of La Veta in Huerfano County, Colorado.
37°30′25″N 105°00′29″W / 37.50694°N 105.00806°W / 37.50694; -105.00806
Country
United States
State
Colorado
County
Huerfano
Incorporated (town)
Statutory Town
Demonym
Time zone
UTC-7
Mountain (MST)
DST
UTC-6
MDT
ZIP code
Area code
719
FIPS code
GNIS
townoflaveta-co.gov
/ləˈvitə/
lə-VEE-tə
Spanish

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