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Near La Veta
This is a late fall landscape of an area near La Veta, in Southwestern Colorado with a distant view of the mountain range and a field and fence closer by. A cool day, dry grass, a beautiful vista and deep shadows touched with snow.....
The original is on stretched canvas with painted edges, finished and ready to hang now or frame to your liking.
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Colonel John Francisco and Judge Henry Daigre formed a partnership and purchased land under the Vigil-St. Vrain Land Grant in 1868. The land was located on a Native American trail used by the Ute tribe (and earlier the Comanches). Joined by Hiram Washington Vasquez Francisco and Daigre built a plaza known as Francisco Fort to supply the Denver mining camps with products from ranching and farming. Ranches and farms like that of the Bela and Fain families were located nearby.
In Spanish, La Veta, translates as �the mineral vein��an appropriate name given the town's association with mini...

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