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<br />OC1503 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />hunting (rated as excellent) in the surrounding environs are <br /> <br />mostly in private ownership, thus severely restricting public <br />utilization. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation has substantial <br />land holdings upstream of the project area. <br />Model Reservoir and the downstream marsh provide some waterfowl <br /> <br />hunting until falling temperatures cause an ice cover to form. <br /> <br />This area is privately owned, and open hunting is permitted by <br /> <br />the owner. Permission to hunt the lower marsh is required. <br /> <br />9. Historical Background. Trinidad (Span. Trinity), <br />seat of Las Animas County, owes its birth to its position on the <br /> <br />Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail at the foot of Raton Pass and <br /> <br />its growth to several decades of coal-mining property. <br /> <br />Before the area was settled, Trinidad was an Indian ceremonial <br /> <br />ground. Juan de Onate, on a gold-hunting expedition north from <br /> <br />Taos pueblo, New Mexico, in 1598, led his party into the valley. <br />Onate was subsequently followed by other Spanish explorers and <br />priests during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Still <br />later, the spot was a camping ground for trappers, traders, and <br /> <br />hunters on the route from the East to Taos and Santa Fe. <br /> <br />Until 1859, when Gabriel Gutierrez and his nephew came from New <br />Mexico to find range for their sheep, there was little attempt. at <br />permanent settlement here. Other settlers gradually came up from <br />New Mexico and took up farming along the river. <br />Las Animas County was established in 1866, and Trinidad was <br />incorporated and named for Trinidad Baca, daughter of a pioneer <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11-33 <br />