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<br />Between January 1998 through December 2000, Richazd served aspart-time administrator for the
<br />Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County (PHSBC). 1n that capacity he assumed many of the
<br />administrative duties such as grant writing, tours, etc, previously done on a volunteer basis. During that
<br />period, The PHSBC has continued to be successful in obtain,_ng grants during 1998 - 2000.
<br />Presently, he serves as resident historical azchaeologist and Duector, Education & Special Projects for
<br />Boggsville Historic Site, an eazly 1860s village contemporaneous with Fort Lyon, located south of present-
<br />day Las Animas, Colorado. In that capacity he has served as co-principal investigator and field director for
<br />the 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999 University of Colorado-Colorado Springs historical azchaeology field
<br />schools at Boggsville funded by State Historical Fund, the National Pazk Service, and other grants. The
<br />projects have produced considerable historical, ethnohistorical and azchaeological information on the site,
<br />including locating remains of the eazly (ca. 1840s-1860s ranch, the mid-1860s-1870s village, and the
<br />Boggsville Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. During the months of June and July 1999, a 4s' joint project with
<br />the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs(UCCS) was carried out. The
<br />project consisted of a summer three-week field school based at Boggsville. Historical azchaeological
<br />reseazch was carried out in the historically known Big Timbers azea of the Arkansas River neaz present-day
<br />Lamar. The project entailed mapping Beam's New Fort, mapping and test excavations at Fort Wise (first
<br />Fort Lyon); and mapping of three miles of the Santa Fe Trail.-The project was funded with a SECED, Inc.
<br />grant of $25,000. Presently, he is completing one phase an on-going excavation at Boggsville Historic Site
<br />seazching for the remains of the cz. 1862 Kit Cazson House. In September 2001 he completed initial test
<br />excavations at Boggsville at the presumed site of Kit Cazson's house where he lived in 1867 and 1868 prior
<br />to his death. Funds are provided by the State Historical Fund, Colorado Historical Society, Colorado and
<br />the Long Distance Trails Branch of the National Pazk Service, Santa Fe:
<br />During June 2002, an advariced field school sponsored by the Golden Pioneer Museum was held at
<br />Boggsville. Students explored the fields of historical azchaeology and preservation, training in excavation, .
<br />lab work and' basic analysis through the hands-on experiences of working on-site at the Kit Cazson House
<br />locale at Boggsville Historic Site. Additionally, undergraduate students from an azchaeology class at Front
<br />Range Community College in Denver spent several days at Boggsville during 2002 and 2003. Students
<br />were exposed to the history and azchaeology of southeastern Colorado; field mapping exercises and field
<br />trips to prehistoric and historic sites in the region. Beginning in June 2002 and again in June 2004,
<br />Boggsville hosted an Otero Jr. College sponsoredtwo-day class on the Santa Fe Trail and southeastern
<br />Colorado for schoolteachers. The instructors were John Cazson, great-grandson of Kit Cazson, and
<br />Richard Carrillo.
<br />In 2000 Richazd, who had been doing historic preserdadon consulting since 1987, formed Cuartelejo
<br />Historic Preservation (HP) Associates Inc., a consulting firm thatspecializes in the development of
<br />historical and azchaeological contexts for cultural rema;nc relating to borderlands, historical, urban and
<br />industrial azchaeology, azchival and historical reseazch, general historic preservation and cultural resource
<br />management studies. The company holds a survey and testing penirit from the Colorado Historical Society,
<br />Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Denver and the Bureau of Land Management.
<br />Since 2000 he has served as a part-time instmctor at Otero Jr. College and teaches introductory courses
<br />in anthropology and archaeology. He also has been conducting an on-going excavation for the Poudre
<br />Landmarks Foundation at the Fort Collins Water Works, the original 1882 water-powered pump house that
<br />served Fort Collins. He successfully completed a grant application to the State Historical Fund to continue
<br />azchaeological studies at the site that were completed in the fall of 2002.
<br />Additionally, in begimring 2003, Richazd is one of a handful of historical Arhaeologists who aze in the
<br />process of developing a new historical-azchaeology context for the State of Colorado. The study is being
<br />conducted through a grant obtained by the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists from the
<br />Colorado Historical Society's State Historical Fund.
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