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<br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />L1.2 EARLY HISTORY. Spanish-American settlers traveling from what is now New <br /> <br />Mexico settled the area around Walsenburg and named it Plaza de Los Leones, after the <br /> <br />benefactor, Don Miguel Antonio Leon. The towns' name was changed to Walsenburg in <br /> <br />18\3 in honor of Fred Walsen, a respected trader in the area. It was his realization that <br /> <br />the coal industry had great potential, and with this realization, Walsenburg entered an era <br /> <br />of unprecedented growth. "On June 16, 1873 the city ofWalsenburg was incorporated." <br /> <br />The railroad arrived in Huerfano County in 1876, bringing with it a large influx of <br /> <br /> <br />Germans and other Europeans to work the booming coal mines. [\3] <br /> <br />1.2 COMMUNITY INVENTORY. Precipitation history and records, along with <br /> <br />temperature data, is given below. <br /> <br />1.2.0 PRECIPITATION mSTORY. Storms in Walsenburg are small. short, and <br /> <br />infrequent They are usually thunderstorms caused when moist wind hits the mountain <br /> <br />{\:f\.J ~'( t,.\,..__t <br />slopes or conventional air currents The air condenses rapidly and turbulent precipitation <br />------- <br /> <br />occurs ([5], p.6). This is important to know because the majority of the drainage through <br /> <br />the pipe we are concerned with is storm drainage, Thus, the nature of storms in <br /> <br />Walsenburg is important information in determining the rate of flow through the pipe and <br /> <br />into the ditch. <br /> <br />2 <br />