This page is dedicated to the many multi-generation
families living in the Army
"area of interest".

Their stories need telling, with the hope that those reading them will begin to understand the inestimable loss that will take place in Colorado should this expansion take place.
 

If you want your family included on this page,
please call Lori Holdread
at 846-5664!

(Click on the blue titles to go to story pages-
there are great photos there, too!)

The Louden Family

History of Villegreen and the Ballard Family

Ming Family Story

Bud and Lillian Jackson Family

Gutierrez Ranch

Robertson Family

Bader Family Story

Photo courtesy kaylinn@timelapsephoto.com

Each story is printed as submitted by the family,
and will include photographs if we have them!
 

Photos in this section courtesy of Kaylinn Gilstrap,
copyright 2007

Two Gilstrap generations

Wooten's ranch, overlooking Picketwire Canyon
(dinosaur tracks on the Purgatory)

Modern Louden generation

 
Caldwell Family

Patterson Family

Duran Family

(Photos above courtesy of Kaylinn Gilstrap, copyright 2007)

This cultural, historical, and personal loss will be sustained primarily by the families whose ranches are being targeted, but will also be felt amongst those living in surrounding communities. We love our ranching culture, and we value our families, their histories, and legacy in Colorado.

 
 Hall Family

Brenda Daniher and family, hauling hay:
"Our home and farm along the Purgatoire River are in the first (group) scheduled for take over by the Army."

Click here to see how the Pinon Canyon Expansion Opposition Coalition is fighting!  http://www.pinoncanyon.com

Click here for Lynne Allen's excellent article about how Rural people
are different from their urban neighbors...

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This site was last updated 05/07/08
by Lori Holdread