Rio Culebra (Colorado)
…Culebra, the first permanent settlement in Colorado. Hispanics established six additional villages in the watershed: San Pedro (1850), San Pablo (1852), San Acacio (1852), San Francisco (1853-54), Chama (after 1863), and Los Fuertes (?). In 1852, the settlers began digging what became known as the San Luis People's…