Crestone Area History

Land of Blue Water: A History of Saguache

By Mary Lowers. Saguache, the unique name few who are not from this area can pronounce means “blue water” in the Ute language. The blue water in question was a particularly beautiful fresh water spring about twenty miles west of the current Saguache town site. The spring waters rose from...

Crestone Area History Anya Kaats -

SLV Anthology: an oral history of the Valley with Kizzen Lakai

In this chapter, we interviewed Kizzen Lakai. For me, she has always embodied so...

Crestone Area History Jennifer Eytcheson -

Environmental highlights of the Baca Crestone community

Our local environment is changing. The extreme drought has banished former wetlands and streams...

Crestone Area History Jennifer Eytcheson -

How the Great Sand Dunes were saved

The Great Sand Dunes National Park is a familiar site for residents of the...

Crestone Area History Jennifer Eytcheson -

SLV Anthology: an oral history of the Valley

During the summer of 2019, about nine months before the whole world turned upside...

Crestone Area History Jennifer Eytcheson -

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Land of Blue Water: A History of Saguache

By Mary Lowers. Saguache, the unique name few who are not from this area can pronounce means “blue water” in the Ute language. The blue...

SLV Anthology: an oral history of the Valley with Kizzen Lakai

In this chapter, we interviewed Kizzen Lakai. For me, she has always embodied so many qualities that I value about this place, and the...

Environmental highlights of the Baca Crestone community

Our local environment is changing. The extreme drought has banished former wetlands and streams have atrophied. Much more space is now occupied by people,...