Maria Sanchez Tucker
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Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
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127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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The Special Collections Department of the Pueblo City-County Library District (PCCLD) has selected iconic images from its extensive photograph archives that document Pueblo's history.--Back cover.
3) Pueblo
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English
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At the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, Native Americans were the first to inhabit Pueblo and its surroundings. Pueblo means "village" in Spanish, appropriate for an area that was settled in the early 1800's by people from present-day New Mexico with Spanish and Native American roots. A trading post established in 1842 was named "El Pueblo." The gold rush of 1858 attracted the first influx of people who saw more opportunity in...