HI Dave and all, For those of you that don't know: Huerfano County was one of the original 17 counties in what we know of as the State of Colorado. Huerfano was formed in 1861 and encompasses all of present day Huerfano County, Las Animas, Baca, Bent, Otero, Prowers, Crowley, the west half of Kiowa, and the southern part of Pueblo counties. In 1865 the current boundary of Pueblo was established. In 1866 Las Animas was taken from Huerfano. In 1874 Bent was taken from Las Animas. In 1889 Otero and Prowers were taken from Bent. In 1889 Baca was taken from Las Animas. In 1889 Kiowa was taken from Cheyenne and Bent. In 1911 Crowley was taken from Bent and Otero. This will give you some idea of where your relatives were at different time frames. All of the records from 1861 (formation of Huerfano) to 1866 (formation of Las Animas) will be found in Huerfano. Prior to 1861 most of the records will be found in New Mexico records. Hope this helps! I'm sorry Dave but you are not allowed to ask me questions that I can't answer <very big grin>. As I understand it, which may be only MY understanding, the Indian Reserve was well into place prior to Colorado Territory being recognized, when the eastern part was still considered a part of Kansas. I would have to do more research on it to give you a correct answer on that though. Better yet, who wants to volunteer to try to find some data on that Indian Reserve? Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Silva" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:35 AM Subject: RE: [COHUERFA] 1866 map Exactly when was Las Animas incorporated at as a County? I looked at the county site to find this info but as usual the well is dry. It will be nice to have some info about Las Animas on the site. In wanderings across the vast web I have ran in to folks looking for info on ancestors from Las Animas and I have pointed them to Huerfano because iit is the only place I know of that has Las Animas info. What Happened to the reserve? When did it happen? -----Original Message----- From: Karen Mitchell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [COHUERFA] 1866 map I just loaded an 1866 map of Colorado at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/co_1866.jpg This will give you an idea of how big Huerfano County was at the time. It also explains why I am intent on adding other County data to our pages, especially Las Animas. That whole area was Huerfano at one time. Please notice right above Huerfano was the Indian Reserve for the Cheyenne's and Arapahos. Enjoy! Karen Mitchell 2001 has been declared "The Year of "Love". Pass it on. [email protected] US GenWeb Project County Coordinator Huerfano County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Huerfano County List Owner [email protected] Taos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm Taos County List Owner [email protected]