San Luis Peoples Ditch - San Luis, CO - Colorado Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The plaques read:

[State Seal of Colorado]
This Tablet is the
Property of the State of Colorado

Commemorating the
SAN LUIS PEOPLES DITCH

The oldest continuously used
ditch in Colorado, with Court
Decree priority No. 1, and
dating from April 10, 1852.
Dug by the pioneer settlers
of Colorado.
Colorado's greatness is
built upon irrigation.

Erected by
the Historical Society of the State of Colorado
the heirs of the pioneers, and the
Irrigation Centennial Commission
April 10, 1952

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ORIGINAL WATER RIGHTS
DECREED TO

Dario Gallegos Soledad Pacheco
Donaciano Gallegos Francisco Barela
Juan A. Trujillo Isabel Pacheco
Maria Rosa Vigil Roberto Allen
Jose Ylario Valdez Mariano Pacheco
F. Jaramillo Juan Pacheco
Rumalda Gallegos Juan Antiono Baca
Eulogia Gallegos A. A. Salazar
Rafaela Sanchez Eulogia Herrera
Juan Martinez Juanita Herrera
Francisco Valdez Antonia Pacheco
Manuel Vigil Miguel Martinez
Eusebio Bargas Rumaldo Martinez
Juan Valdez Donaciano Martinez
Francisco Sanchez

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Group or Groups Responsible for Placement: Historical Society of the State of Colorado the heirs of the pioneers, and the Irrigation Centennial Commission County or City: San Luis Date Dedicated: April 10, 1952 Check here for Web link(s) for additional information: [Web Link]

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