Churches helped guide every settlement

Coming to the unsettled expanse that is the San Luis Valley in the mid-1800’s, pioneers brought along the bare necessities, some tools for subsistence — and their faith. Most of the first settlers in the San Luis Valley were Catholic, and each small community has its own patron saint, but the Presbyterians weren’t far behind, Mormons were ordered to settle here in 1879 and various Bible based churches were scattered around. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Richfield still stands but has long been unused.

Lucy Jaramillo receives the Hilos Culturales Music Award

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