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Saguache County Resources

Books--Chamber of commerce--Churches--Libraries--Local History--
Maps--Museums--Newspapers--Schools--Vital Records

Books

Frontier Eyewitness - Diary of John Lawrence (1867-1908)
By John Lawrence, edited and annotated by Bernice Martin c.1990

Saguache - Profile of Tranquility
By Paul F. Moloney c.1986

Bonanza! - A Pictorial History of Colorado's Kerber Creek
By Helen Ashley Anderson Kempner c.1978

The Last Ranch - A Colorado community and the comming Desert
By Sam Bingham c.1997

Saguache Chronicle Newspaper 1874 - 1886
At the Durango Public Library and the Reed Library at the Fort Lewis College

F.A. McKinney's San Luis Valley City Directory 1913-1914
By F.A. McKinney c.1913
At the Southwest Regional Library

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Chamber of commerce

Center Chamber of commerce P.O. Box 576 Center, CO 81125 (800) 428-8320 (719) 754-3137

Crestone / Moffat Business Association (719) 256-4110

Saguache Chamber of commerce P.O. Box 441 Saguache, CO 81147 (719) 655-2805 (719) 655-2264

San Luis Valley Information Center P.O. Box 165 Monte Vista, CO 81144 1-800-214-1240 (719) 852-0600

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Churches

Baptist Chapel Hwy. 285 Villa Grove, CO 81155

Center Assembly of God 565 7th Street Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2273

Center United Methodist Church 387 S. Broadway Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2243

Church in the Valley 5th & Gunnison Saguache, CO 81149
(719) 655-2717

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 48920 W State Hwy 112 Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2567

Crestone Baptist Church 70863 County Road T Crestone, CO 81131 (719) 256-4625

Faith Baptist Church 4th & Worth Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2327

First Baptist Church 8715 Adams St. Hooper, CO 81136

First Baptist Church of Center 298 E 3rd Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2290

Free Spirit Christian Church Hwy 17 & Moffat Way Moffat, CO 81143 (719) 256-4226

Johannine Grove Ministry & Mystery Temple 30 Sunset Overlook
Crestone, CO 81131
(719) 256-4057

Khmer-Buddist Educational Assistance ProjectP.O. Box 657 Crestone, CO 81131 (719)256-4603

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 6th & Broadway Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-2234

Little Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church Crestone, CO 81131 (719) 539-4562

Moffat community Church Moffat, CO 81143

Pitkin Avenue Baptist Church 610 7th Street Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2641

Saguache United Methodist Church 6th & Christie Ave. Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-3409

St. Agnes Catholic Church 505 Gunnison Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2530

St. Francis Jerome Catholic Church E 8th & Hurt St. Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-3964

United Methodist Church Christy & 5th Saguache, CO 81149

Villa Grove Baptist Church 34042 US Hwy 285 Villa Grove, CO 81155 (719) 539-3949

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Libraries

Saguache County Public Library

Center Branch 400 S. Worth St. P.O. Box 369 Center, CO 81125 (719) 754-3156

Saguache Branch 702 Pitkin Ave. P.O. Box 448 Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2551

Colorado State Archives Family History Resources

Colorado Virtual Library - Searchable

Denver Public Library

The Southwest Regional Library - Searchable - Covers the San Luis Valley & the San Juan Basin.

Repositories of Primary Sources - Colorado

United States Archives - All states listed

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Local History & Information

San Luis Valley Historical Society
P.O. Box 982
Alamosa, CO 81101
Covers Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande and Saguache Counties

1948 Town Election - Saguache

1870 Saguache County Census

Alfred Packer

Alfred Packer - The San Juan Cannibal

Civilian Conservation Corps - Saguache Camp

CO Cattle Brand Records 1885-1967 (sorted by county)

Early Residents of the San Luis Valley - By Vikki Gray

Flash Floods of 1881, 1911 and 1947 - By Cecil Hall

Named Summits of Saguache County

Peyton & Hanawalt Grocers, Saguache

Remember When? - Great site, A must see, reprints of old newspaper articles; by Cecil Hall

Saguache County AHGP/ALHN - Searchable Births, Naturalizations, Marriages and Wills.

Saguache County GenForum - Another query board

Saguache County Museum

Saguache County Registered Historic Properties - from the State of Colorado

Saguache Theatre Fire of 1926 - By Cecil Hall

San Luis Valley Rural Telecommunications Project Site

San Luis Valley Information Center

San Luis Valley Information Source

San Luis Valley Museum Association

Sargent School District

Walking Tour of Main Street in Saguache - By Cecil Hall. A very nice site with lots of pictures. Spring 2000

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Maps

Map of the San Luis Valley - Colorado and New Mexico

Interactive County Map - Colorado

US Geological Survey's Geographic Name Server

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Museums

Hazard House Museum 807 Pitkin Ave. Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2805

Museums in the San Luis Valley Lots of links and addresses

Saguache County Museum

U.S. Highway 285
P.O. Box 243
Saguache, CO 81149
(719) 655-2805

Saguache County House Museum 807 Pitkin Ave. Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2488 (719) 655-2557

San Luis Valley History Museum 306 Hunt Ave. P.O. Box 1593 Alamosa, CO 81101 (719) 587-0667

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Newspapers

Center Post-Dispatch
(719) 754-0055
Obituaries in their searchable archives from January 2000 to current

Crestone Eagle P.O. Box 101 Crestone, CO 81131 (719) 256-4956

Saguache Crescent P.O. Box 195 Saguache, CO 81149 (719) 655-2620

 

Other area papers

Mineral County Miner

Monte Vista Journal

South Fork Times

Valley Courier
Obituaries in their searchable archives from January 2000 to current

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School Districts

Center School District

Sargent School District

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Vital Records

Earliest Records available for Saguache County are Births - 1899 and Deaths - 1902.

Saguache County Courthouse
501 4th Street
Saguache, CO 81149-0655
Phone: (719) 655-2231
Fax: (719) 655-2635

Saguache County Recorder
Marlene L. Pruitt
Box 176
Saguache, CO 81149-0176
(719) 655-2512

 

Saguache County Clerk
P.O. Box 356
Saguache, CO 81149
Phone: (719) 655-2559 or (719) 655-2616

Vital Records Births since 1910, Deaths since 1900, and Marriages & Divorces 1900-1939 and 1975 to present: Saguache County Registrar
Gloria Goehl [pronounced: Gail]
501 4th Street - POB 176
Saguache CO 81149
Ph: 719.655.2512
eMail: sagclk@fone.net
She has the complete delayed birth records. Index of marriages, births & deaths at county clerk's office, however, birth & death records are at Gloria's. Early marriage records are in county clerks vault.

 

Colorado State Vital Records Office

Colorado Dept. of Health
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Recorded message: (303) 756-4464
Phone request: (303) 692-2224
Fax: (800) 423-1108
Cost: $15.00
Note: The certificate must be your own or that of an immediate family member.
Include reason for request and relationship to person on certificate

 

Colorado Vital Records Information

Marriage (1975-2002) and Divorce (1968-2002) Records ~ Searchable

CoGenWeb Special Projects