Historic Places and Trails

Standing quietly above the Arkansas River valley, historic Swallows Cemetery preserves the memory of the families who helped shape this early southern Colorado community. Last week, I happened upon a small historic cemetery near Pueblo West quite by accident. Nestled quietly among the rolling hills and prairie grasses, the cemetery overlooked the blue waters of Pueblo Reservoir. It was peaceful, beautiful, and seemingly untouched by time. I stopped simply because I was curiou

It’s one thing to read about a route on a map; it’s another to realize that the ground outside your door once carried wagons, families, and the daily uncertainties of westward movement, and that someone wrote it down as it happened.

Elk Mountain began as a stagecoach stop along the Overland Trail . . .