Colorado Experience
Settling the Sand Dunes
Season 5 Episode 9 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn about some of the first settlers in one of Colorado's most iconic National Parks.
Located near Great Sand Dunes national park, the Trujillo Homestead and The Medano Zapta Ranch have a history dating back to Paleo Indians, with early Spanish explorers, New Mexican sheep herders and cattle ranchers settling the area in the 1800s. Today, these National Historic Landmarks provide a window to the past and a sanctuary for many wetland birds, rare plants and insects, cattle and bison.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado Experience
Settling the Sand Dunes
Season 5 Episode 9 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Located near Great Sand Dunes national park, the Trujillo Homestead and The Medano Zapta Ranch have a history dating back to Paleo Indians, with early Spanish explorers, New Mexican sheep herders and cattle ranchers settling the area in the 1800s. Today, these National Historic Landmarks provide a window to the past and a sanctuary for many wetland birds, rare plants and insects, cattle and bison.
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