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EDITORIAL

por Maria Valdez

Oac:e again, tile fate of tile aoantaia tract and tit e

liveliltood of

11ulti-ge11erations of resideats of tile traditioaal villages of tlle Saagre de Cristo Laad Grant is beiag disc•ssed. Some of tlle disc•ssiou are beiag coad•cted by tlle Colorado

S•preae Co•rt wllile o tilers

wUI be lleld betweea tlle Taylor Faaily Estate and several 111 terested parties wll o waat to pucllase tile laad.

Tile ceaterfold aap, la

tllis p•blicatioa, was produed so tllat resideats caa view II.ow iaportaat tlle disc•ssioas of ta Sierra are to

tile coaanity. If yoa look

carer.Hy, at tlle aap, yo• will

see tllat aacla of tlle Coaaty

II.as fallea into'"tlae . ltaads of a few owaers. Tllis llas sllaped Costilla Coanty iato a developers paradise. Oa tile eut is La Sierra or tile Taylor

Raacll: a 77,000 Mo•ataia Tract witll creeks nnning like veias fro• tke ao•ataia

slopes. Alive wltll wood aad wild Ii fe, the v ilia ges la ave coae to depead oa la Sierra to

aaiataia a traditioaal

lifestyle tllat is q dckly

vaaisk lag 111 America. Tll is is tlle life blood of the

coaa ••ity. To the 11ortll is

tlle Rito Seco witll 2,200 acre Battle Mnataia Gold operatioa on tile llistoric El

Poao Miaiag District. To tlle

so•tllwest is Wild Horse Mesa

aad. tile aew Melby Raacll. To

tlle west is tlle Hecla Miaiag

Coapa11y, AKA, "Colorado

Aggregate" scoria aiae. Ia additioa, tllere are rngllly 27

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coaaercial land s•bdivisioas

wllicll create a cllecker board

grid pattern· on tile co•nty. Land sabdivisions iacl•de Forbes Developlllent and.

several otker large pieces owaed by tile Melby Fa• ily aad otkers.

Costilla Coaaty llas aad coatia•es to be nled by a few

individ•al corporatioas wllfrll

llave beea at work for aea.rly 150 yea.rs to gaia coatrol of

tke l~n-d, water, wood, and llllneral resources. A q•ick review of history ls aecessary to begaa to ••derstaad wlly a•lti-geaeratioas settlers are

beco •lag o•tsiders la aa area

tlleir aacestors were pro• ised

as coaaoa laad.

Wllea tlle So•tllwest evolved iato a proviace of Spabl aad later tlle Rep•blic of Mexico, ladivld•als aad

aore coaaoaly gro•ps of

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citl.zeas, wlao were wililag to baild, defead, aad establisk ecoao• ically prod•ctive

peraa11eat settleaeats, were

give• coaauaal titles to

laad. By 1821, Spaaisll proviaces becaae part of tlle Rep• blic of Mexico.

After 187.l aad tlle opeaiag of tlle Saata Fe Trail fo relg a trapper/traders wll o caae to Taos, fouad the deaocratic ideals of Mexico.

Dey· also discov·ered tllat tlley coald obtain laad graats

tllrougll legal loop lloles,

111 ter-• aITiage wi tll po werf• I

· faailies, aad friendsllip witla

politicos. Tllese early laad developers aaaipulated laad

graat c•stoas while

coatinuiag to pro• ise Mexico

coaaoa laad riglats · to

uanspectiag and tnstiag

settlers. However, oace tlae

area was occupied aad declared

U.S. Territory, ••der the

Treaty of Guadalupe IDdalgo, proaises were forgotten.

After aaay years, witllout

writtea docuaeatatioa,

settlers fiaally were able to

llave Beaubiea produe deeds

for coaaoa aad ladividual

laad. Soae wllo caae aay

llave aever llave obtaiaed a foraally wrlttea docuaeat, especially tlle poorer

fl.I.allies. IR a tiae wllea

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occupa11cy iasured laad

owaerslllp , especially in the

froa tier laads wllere tkere

were few offlcals a11d

custoaary uawrittea tradltioa

applied, aaay aay II.ave 11ever

recieved tlae deeds tlley

ea.naed. Wlaat ever tile exact

coaditioas, aaay settlers

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EDITORIAL

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por Maria Valdez

the land by William Gilpin

who purchased the majority of

the land grant from the family of Carlos Beaubien in 1864.

Event.ally the legal system,

with preferences for

Anglo-American concepts of well

documented single ownership

over Spa•lsla and Mexican

comma.Bal custoas, allowed for th.e crea.tio• a feada.l state oat of Costilla Co• n ty. Especially ••der tile directio• of Gilpi• wllo ffllS tile first Territorial Goveraor of Colorado aad dose frlead of tile Liacol• a.da iaistratio•. ·

Tile awesoae fact is tllat today, at tile hl'll of tile

% 1st. Cea t•ry, locals a.re

findiag tlleaselves o• a. few s• all pieces of la.ad

~1TO••ded by several powerflll la.ad developers aad •i•i•g coapallies witla

aoaey aecessary to obta.l• a.ad destroy tile ea vlro•• eat legally.

Tills year a. citizens

aoveaeat ffllS able to lobby

tile Co•aty Coaaissloaers to approve la.ad • se reg•la.tioas to coatrol private developers. Tills was a. loag aad dlfflnlt battle b•t it Is a. begia•l•g to protect tile la.ad. Tile Laad Rlgllts Coaacil ls also trying

to do its best to ask Ila.rd

q•estloas rega.rdlag co••••a.l rlgllts to la. Stern.. Tllese q•estloas llave bee• p•t before tile Colorado Sa.pre•e

Cout I• Deaver. Tile J•stlces

will llopefally coaslder tile lllstorlc bias of tile legal

systea wllea dea.llag witll

Spaala aad Mexlca.• laad

graats. It Is still oar Jaope th.t deaocra.cy will be practiced a.s it lla.s bee• preaclled.

A secoad type of direct dlsnssloa lla.ve a.lrea.dy be

aaderway betwee• tile Taylor Estate, wlao a.re a.tteaptlag to sell tllelr fa tilers laad

lloldlags a.s sbplar rtgllts.

T\e • lddle ••• betweea tll e

Taylors aad poteatlal bayers

Is tile Coaservatloa Faad of

Boalder . Altlloagll tile Fud laa.s aegotlated witll several private bayers laterested l• tile Taylor Estate, It seeas

that the Taylors remain

independent.

Once again the Governor and others a.re proposing to

talk to the Taylor Family

a.bout land purchase/swap

deal. This has been proposed several times in the 1970 's.

Current discussions with

i• terested parties 'will

·iavolve The Land Rights Co••cil, which. llas p•t an effective do•d over tile title

tllroagll Rael vs Taylor. Tile Costilla. Coaaty Coaserva.acy District a.ad otller Costilla.

Coaaty officials will also be a part of tile dlsnssioas. Oa J••e %1 tile State of Colon.do,

tllro•gll Director Kea Salazar of tile Dlvlsio• of Nat•ral Reso•rces, stated tlla.t Ile will coordiaate dlsc•ssloas oa

beltalf of tile goveraor. However it ls Jaoped tllat

otller grassroots co••••ity gro•ps like . Peoples Alteraa.tlve Eaergy Services will be a.t tile table to ha.la.ace views.

Oa tile sldellaes of tit ese disca.ssloas . will be •o•-resldeat tlalrd party

eaviroaaeatal a.cadeaics with

"carpet bags" fall of ideas to solvlag oar probleas tllro•gh proaotioa of tllelr lash tioas a.ad or persoaa.l goals.

At tills polat it will take a crystal ball to predict wkat will llappea. All we ca.a do ls look at lllstory a.ad lea.ra. Hopehlly, tllose iavolved i• tile dlsc•sslons will llave a.

stroag a oral a.ad etll ica.l core to •pllold tile peoples rights over tlleir owa i• terests. Co••••ia.l rlgllts • a.st

always be a pivotal point and ao represeatlve sltould

co•

a it tile laad to a. 1 arge debt th.at aay oae day be defaalted on for la.ck of revea•e. Tile co•• isslon

aea hers ••st also reject plaas wlllcla force faad

raistag pay•e•ts tllro•g-ll

sc la ea es wk le ll sacrifice the

land a.ad its reso•rces to obtaia rights wllicll tra.dttioaal co•• •nities laistorica.lly retain.

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