Santa Fe Trail Ranch - Articles

Welcome to our Articles page. On this page you will find a total of 177 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.

14 articles from August 2020

SFTR Logo Wear

· Helpful Hints

Our Women's Group coordinates the production and sale of SFTR Logowear that is sold at ranch events to fund ranch projects. The current catalog of items is l...

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County Building Inspector FAQ

· Helpful Hints

This useful Frequently Asked Questions document (see link to PDF) was previously made available by the Las Animas County Building Department.

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Maxwell Land Grant

· History · Admin

The Maxwell Land Grant, also known as the Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant, was a 1,714,765-acre Spanish grant that was the largest ever made in what would become...

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Unscheduled House Guests Spider Trivia

· Wildlife · Admin

Last year Black Bears (the species name) popped up all over, peered in kitchen windows, crawled through doggie doors, and thought they were invited to your b...

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The Bear Facts - Apr 2001

· Wildlife · Admin

Last year Black Bears (the species name) popped up all over, peered in kitchen windows, crawled through doggie doors, and thought they were invited to your b...

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Chickadee - Mighty Mite - Apr 2004

· Wildlife · Carol Rawle

Many of us have looked out our winter windows and observed a tiny, little black and white bird stoically going about its business on the coldest, snowy, blus...

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Preparedness Corner - By Paul Vircsik

· Safety · Admin

(The Preparedness Corner articles were written by Paul Vircsik from 2000 to 2005. The introduction below was written by Paul for the SFTR website. The PDF li...

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Morley, The Town That Was

· History · Admin

This article was written by Kristen Spinning in 2001 about Morley, Santa Fe Trail Ranch’s very own ghost town. It includes an interview with Matthew Krumpo...

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Property Tax Exemption For Seniors

· Helpful Hints · Admin

A property-tax exemption is available to senior citizens, surviving spouses of senior citizens, and one hundred percent disabled veterans. For those who qual...

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