manyaspects, military life at a frontier post in the 1860’s-70’s. The museumis also a store-house for the history of the southern portion of theState of Colorado. Many methods have been utilized to depict and presentthe colorful and exciting history of this area. In the west barrack,several dioramas illustrate in miniature scenes of: the SpanishConquest, a Ute Indian camp, fur trading, a Mexican village, an Armyescort wagon, a mule pack train and ambulance, and a stage coachrobbery. Glass cases house a large collection of both military andpioneer materials. Period rooms, using life size manikins dressed inauthentic costumes, will be placed in appropriate room settings, i.e.,Kit Carson in conference with his aides and Chief Ouray.
In September of 1950 the reconstructed Fort Garland was dedicated withan impressive ceremony. Dr. James Grafton Rogers, president of theSociety, gave the dedicatory address. Hundreds of persons from thesurrounding area were on hand to see a long time dream of the regioncome to fruition.
The State of Colorado is indebted to a great number of people in the SanLuis Valley, in particular, for their aid in bringing Fort Garland intobeing as a State monument, but the list would be too long to enter here.The State Historical Society is especially appreciative of the aid givenand interest show by members of the Fort Garland Historical FairAssociation, the Territorial Daughters and the Regional Committee onFort Garland.
Mrs. Rosamund Slack assumed curatorship of Fort Garland in 1950, afterthe death of her husband, James Slack, who had been the curator.
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The exhibits for the Fort Garland buildings were prepared by members ofthe State Historical Society’s staff, which included: Roy Hunt, H. R.Antle, Paul Rossi, Juan Menchaca, Mervin King, the late Curator Edgar C.McMechen and James T. Forrest, who became Deputy Curator in charge ofthe Colorado State Museums in 1953.
Footnotes
[1]Chief Ouray’s name was often spelled Uray or Ulay.
[2]Willians, Ellen, _History of the Second Colorados_, 1885.
[3]Tobin, Thomas T., “The Capture of the Espinosas,” _Colorado Magazine_, Vol. IX, pp. 59-66.
[4]Chief Ouray of the Tabequache tribe of the Utes.
[5]This is Chief Kaneache of the Muache tribe of the Utes.
Transcriber’s Notes
--Generated an original cover image, released for free and unrestricted use with this Distributed-Proofreaders-Canada eBook.
--Silently corrected a few palpable typos.
--Retained copyright notice from the printed edition (which is now public-domain in the country of publication.)
--In the text versions only, delimited italicized text in _underscores_.
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