Tag: La Sierra
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Law gives San Luis Valley control over disruptive fences
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN LUIS • Residents of this rural San Luis Valley community, who have been fighting for decades for access to a mountain landscape guaranteed to their ancestors, celebrated a significant victory Tuesday. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis visited San Luis to sign into law a bill that gives…
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The massive fence that has divided means of life in the San Luis Valley
SAN LUIS • This land has gone by many names. The “Sangre de Cristo Grant,” so named by the Mexican government in 1844 to encourage settlement. “Taylor Ranch.” And now “Cielo Vista Ranch.” For Eli Rael, whose ancestors moved here in the late 1800s, it’s always been simply “La Sierra,” a communal mountain landscape where settlers…