Wahatoya The Double Mountain
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History
The Comanche Indians from this area named it “Wahatoya”, meaning the Double Mountain - the infamous Spanish Peaks of Southern Colorado. Before the Comanches, the Tarahumare tribe believed the Spanish Peaks were the source of life - the place where life emerged on this earth. Their prophet “Grandote” came to the Cuchara Valley in search of water.
During the 1500’s, Spanish Conquistadors and settlers arrived. They named the mountains here the “Sangre de Cristos” - the blood of Christ - because the peaks turn red with the rising sun. They also named the town of La Veta - the vein. Following the Spanish, Colonel John M. Francisco settled in La Veta in 1862 stating, “this is paradise enough for me”.
The original Fort that Colonel Francisco founded still stands in town center. La Veta’s roots began as many small western mountains towns had - gold mining - tailings and shafts still dot the landscape, though abandoned now. After the Homestead Act passed, agriculture grew as an economic base.
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November sunset over the Sangre de Cristo mountains, as seen from The Doubloon Ranch