This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LaValley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hY.2ADE/27.32 Message Board Post: Here is some information I found about La Valley, Colorado and the link is here, its a tidbit but it might get you a start. http://costillacounty.homestead.com/files/THE_HISTORY_OF_COSTILLA_COUNTY_AS_REVEALED_BY_IT.htm