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Los Caminos Antiguos
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Program
Summary
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| Los Caminos
Antiguos, the “ancient road,” evolved over the centuries
from a prehistoric trail to a thoroughfare of the San Luis Valley,
Colorado. |
| Today's 123-mile byway follows the route of
the conquistadors, into territory where conflicts erupted between
Native Americans, Spanish immigrants and new Americans migrating
west by wagon and rail. |
Funding
Major funding for this program was provided by a State Historical
Fund grant from the Colorado Historical Society, which reminds Byway
travelers to preserve and protect these natural and cultural wonders.
Additional support was provided by Federal Highways Administration,
Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic and Historic Byways Association, the
Alamosa Tourism Development Board, and Great Sand Dunes National
Monument and Preserve—Federal Partnership Challenge Grant. |
| America's Byways was produced
by Rocky Mountain PBS and Great Divide Pictures in association with
the Scenic and
Historic Byways Program, Colorado Department of Transportation. |
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Great Sand Dunes
Great Divide Pictures LLC
It is a land that’s rich with the spirit of the people that
lived and hunted in this valley. The land sustains those who have
lived here from the earliest beginnings.
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Parrum, Ute man, 1899
Courtesy, Denver Public Library, Western History Department, H-438
Native peoples came to the valley, including the Utes, Apaches and Navajos. |
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