Long before English speakers set eyes upon it; the volcanic plug on the south bank of the Huerfano River was tagged with a moniker that means �the orphan.� Spanish conquistadors saw it as a rock pile that God dumped in the middle of nowhere; an odd little cone far removed from the regular foothills edging the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. In the 18th century; this outcropping and the river that bears the same name were famous landmarks for Native American tribes; Hispanic explorers; and French adventurers. Then in the 19th century; along came US mountain men; gold-seekers; cowboys; sheep ranchers; railroad workers; town developers; and coal miners from 31 different countries; speaking 27 different languages. Counterculture revolutionaries discovered the area in the 1960s and established five separate communes west of Walsenburg. Each wave of immigrants brought new perspectives and lifestyles.
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