By Jake Brownell – KRCC.org – Photo: Credit Colorado Historical Society / Wikimedia Commons.
Image: Maria Teresita Sandoval, sketched by Alexander Barclay in 1853.
A Southern Colorado pioneer is set to be inducted into the Colorado Latino Hall of Fame this month. Maria Teresita Sandoval, an early settler in the area, is being recognized for her role in founding the city of Pueblo. Born in Taos in 1811, Sandoval moved to the area now known as Pueblo in 1841. Once there, she helped to create and run the El Pueblo Trading Post, which became an important economic hub for the Arkansas Valley and Southern Colorado and is now the site of the El Pueblo History Museum.
