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Alamosa County, Colorado Databases
Carved from Conejos and Costilla Counties. Established on March 8, 1913, although, Alamosa City was incorporated in 1878.

Census on line
1910 and Prior would be found in Conejos or Costilla County, Colorado, depending on the location of your township.
1880 Census all Colorado Free from Familysearch - LDS

Vital Records
Marriages 1914-1922 by Bride and by Groom by D & L Deslauriers
Marriages 1975-present by Colorado State Archives

Alamosa Co Deaths 1897-1909 by D & L Deslauriers
Alamosa Co Deaths 1910-1923 by D & L Deslauriers
Alamosa County; Humphrey Mortuary Files (various years) by D&L Deslauriers

Divorces 1851-1939 & 1968-present by Colorado State Archives

Cemeteries and Cemetery Transcriptions
Alamosa Municipal Cemetery by Interment Net
2150 State Ave
Alamosa, CO
Alamosa Municipal Cemetery (17 + photos) by USGenWeb

Old Alamosa Cemetery (#1)
very early burials; most transferred to Alamosa Municipal Cemetery

Old Alamosa Cemetery (est 1910) #2
located on Adams State College Campus, no longer in use

Old Alamosa Cemtery (#3)
burials from abt 1900; now abandoned

Alamosa Spanish Cemetery
Est 1913 (aka Medina Memorial Gardens)
See entrance photo

Becker Cemetery (1 stone) Interment Net

Pioneer Urraca Cemetery
Urraca, CO

Henry Bachus Homestead
(Private family)
no longer in use late 1800s

Becker-Hansen Cemetery
(Surnames: Becker, Hansen, Houser, and Kaddatz
burials; not transcribed-location not listed)

Bowerman, Nelson and Reimer Graves
all died 1895 3 total, not transcribed-location not listed

California Peak Memorial Site
3 victims of a 1965 airplane crash
(I found one plane crash on this mountain
range, however it was dated 1963, with 3
victims)
not transcribed-location not noted

Garnett-Speiser Cemetery
(see Speiser)

Janey Graves
not transcribed location not listed

Jackob Hiebert Cemetery
3 graves, one marker left, not transcribed

McGinty Cemetery (aka McKinnon)
Private, not transcribed-location not listed

Poundstone Cemetery
Mosca, Colorado
no longer in use, not transcribed
See photo of Cemetery Entrance

Politicians born, resided or buried in Alamosa Co, Colorado by Political Graveyard

Speiser Cemetery (3 stones) Interment Net
Speiser Cemetery (12 + photos) bu USGenWeb
Hooper, Colorado

Stanley Cemetery
no location noted

Urraca Cemetery
restricted to early settlers only
private property-location not listed
See photo of Cemetery Entrance from D & L Deslauriers

Woodmen of the World Burials by Ghost Seekers
Various Cemeteries of Alamosa Co

Zapata Cemetery
Abandoned-location not listed

Military Records
Civil War Casualities Colorado by Colorado Archives
Spanish American War Colorado Volunteers Colorado Archives

1896 - 1904 Homelake Sailor and Soldier's Home (located in Rio Grande Co, however the patients are from all of Colorado San Luis Valley area) Residents and Staff (discharges and deaths included) by RioGrande County
1936 Soldiers and Sailors Home Residents and Staff, deaths by RioGrande County

WWI and WWII Casualities of Alamosa Co by D & L Deslauriers
WWII Casualities Alamosa Co Army & Airforce by Access Genealogy

Newspapers and Obituaries
The Valley Courier on line

School Records
Sierra Blanca Annual Class of 1912 Year Book by D & L Deslauriers

Alamosa High School "Annual Echo" Year Book 1917 by D & L Deslauriers
Alamosa High School "Annual Alamosa" Year book 1921 by D & L Deslauriers
Alamosa High School 1925 Year Book "Midget Messenger" by D & L Deslauriers
Alamosa High School Year Book 1929 "The Alamosan" by D & L Deslauriers
Alamosa High School Year Book 1947 "The Maroon" by D & L Deslauriers

City Directories and Business Accounts
1913-1914 Residents and Business's Directory (all San Luis Valley area) by D& L Deslauriers

Herrick-Olson's Store Accounts (over 650 names, and occupations of area customers. 1910-1931 various) by D&L Deslauriers

History and Historical Photos
Zebulon Pike Photo: Explorer & spy. In 1806, Zebulon Pike, after his discovery of Pike's Peak, came into the San Luis Valley most likely over Medano Pass not knowing that he was on Spanish soil. At Pike's Stockade, south of Alamosa, he was captured and taken prisoner to Santa Fe. by San Luis Valley Dweller

History of Alamosa Colorado by D & L Deslauriers

Early Residents of San Luis Valley (Costilla, Conejos, Saguache, Rio Grande, and Alamosa Counties) by Vicki Gray

Judicial Districts of Colorado by Vicki Gray
1876 Map, showing counties that later make up Alamosa Co by Vicki Gray

1908 photo of Alamosa Public School by San Luis Valley Dweller

Mining in Alamosa County Area
Instructions for obtaining Mining Records Colorado Archives

Mines 1900 - 1980 in the Alamosa Co Area
1. Arastra Gulch Mining & Milling Company - Alamosa
2. Pass Me By Mine & Milling Company - Conejos
3. Platora Dam - Conejos
4. Riverview Mine - Conejos
5. Siskiyon - Conejos
6. Smuggler Sunbeam Company - Conejos
7. Videll Mining Company - Conejos
8. Wichell Tunnel - Conejos
9. Yukon Girl - Conejos
Locate Mines in Colorado, by County by Colorado Archives

Towns and Communities of Alamosa County
Alamosa (org Rio Bravo) History by L & D Deslauriers
Estrella
Hartner
Henery
Hooper
La Fruto
Mosca History by D & L Deslauriers
Mosea
Towns no longer exsisting: Coryell (Stanley) | Estrella | Garnett (Gourdy) | McGinty | Medano Springs | Mosca (Streator) | Old Mosca (Montville) | Parma | Rio Grande | Uracca | Washington Springs | Waverly | Wayside (Riverside) | and Zapata. By L&D Deslauriers

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries
Alamosa County Courthouse
402 Edison Avenue
Alamosa, CO 81101
(719) 589-6681

LDS Church
Third and Richardson
Alamosa, Co. 81101
(719) 589-5511

Southern Peaks Public Library
423 4th Street
Alamosa, CO 81101
(719) 589-6592

Colorado State Vital Records
Colorado Department of Health
4300 Cherry Creek Drive, South
HSVRD-VS-A1
Denver, Colorado 80246-1530

Colorado Historical Society
1300 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203

Ute Indian Museum
17253 Chipeta Drive
Montrose, Colorado 81401
970-249-3098

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