TERRITORIAL DAUGHTERS OF COLORADO SOUTHERN CHAPTER Lectures and Events Van Briggle Factory Tours Sept. 9th, 9 am –3 pm Colorado Springs (August 7, 2017) — The Bemis School of Art at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (FAC) is excited to co-present the annual Van Briggle Pottery Festival with the Woman’s Educational Society (WES contributes funds toward tuition and book allowances for 21 Colorado College women who have been selected as WES Scholars). Guided tours run every 20minutes. All proceeds benefit Colorado College student scholarships and Woman's Educational Society programs. Van Briggle Building at 1125 Glen Avenue on the corner Glen and Uintah. Admission: $12 Historic Homes of Colorado Springs Sept 21, 7 pm Presented by Palmer Lake Historical Society, “Historic Homes of Colorado Springs & Vicinity” This program is based on the story of Historic Homes of Colorado Springs and Vicinity, authored by presenter Gordon Anderson's mother, Helen M. Anderson. The program will describe Mrs. Anderson’s life, give details on several homes in the book, and highlight two partnerships vital to the history of the Pikes Peak region: the partnerships between General William Palmer and Dr. W A Bell and between Spencer Penrose and Charles Tutt. Palmer Lake Town Hall, 42 Valley Crescent St, Palmer Lake, CO 80133 Events and Lectures can be found on the website. September Birthdays Tonya Sharp—Sept 4 Nola Cox—Sept 8 JoAnn Peralta-Templeton—Sept 8 Betty Duran—Sept 11 Nila Sauer—Sept 13 Peggy Martin—Sept 23 In this issue: • September meeting • September Birthdays • Lectures/Events • Article submission •October Meeting •Chapter News •Meet a TD member •Historic Article •September Calendar Monthly Newsletter October meeting The October meeting will be Oct. 21st. In the San Luis Valley. Details will be emailed out and posted on the website when they are available. Please contact Nancy Minow at 719-589-5973 if you need further information or Tamara Estes at [email protected]. To Subscribe / unsubscribe to the monthly email list contact Tamara Estes at: (tjestes2@gmail,com or [email protected]) September Meeting The September meeting will be held September 16th at the Lamm Library, 2525 S. Pueblo Blvd, Pueblo CO. The meeting will be at noon . A map is locat- ed on the website and a link is in the email. Please bring your own lunch. The program will be on Charlie Good- night and the Goodnight Barn, present- ed by Laurel Campbell and Linda Crawford of the Goodnight Barn Preservation Committee. A tour of the barn will follow the program. September 2017 WANTED: History Articles Please submit articles on Southern Colorado History and Genealogy for the newsletter and website to territo- [email protected]. Newslet- ter articles should be about 1 page. No limit on length for the website.
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TERRITORIAL DAUGHTERS OF COLORADO SOUTHERN CHAPTER
Lectures and Events
Van Briggle Factory Tours
Sept. 9th, 9 am –3 pm
Colorado Springs (August 7, 2017) — The Bemis School of Art at the
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (FAC) is excited
to co-present the annual Van Briggle Pottery Festival with the Woman’s
Educational Society (WES contributes funds toward tuition and book
allowances for 21 Colorado College women who have been selected as
WES Scholars). Guided tours run every 20minutes. All proceeds benefit
Colorado College student scholarships and Woman's Educational Society
programs.
Van Briggle Building at 1125 Glen Avenue on the corner Glen and Uintah.
Admission: $12
Historic Homes of Colorado Springs
Sept 21, 7 pm
Presented by Palmer Lake Historical Society, “Historic Homes of Colorado Springs & Vicinity” This program is based on the story of Historic Homes of Colorado Springs and Vicinity, authored by presenter Gordon Anderson's mother, Helen M. Anderson. The program will describe Mrs. Anderson’s life, give details on several homes in the book, and highlight two partnerships vital to the history of the Pikes Peak region: the partnerships between General William Palmer and Dr. W A Bell and between Spencer Penrose and Charles Tutt.
Palmer Lake Town Hall, 42 Valley Crescent St, Palmer Lake, CO 80133
Events and Lectures can be found on the website.
September Birthdays
Tonya Sharp—Sept 4
Nola Cox—Sept 8
JoAnn Peralta-Templeton—Sept 8
Betty Duran—Sept 11
Nila Sauer—Sept 13
Peggy Martin—Sept 23
In this issue:
• September meeting
• September Birthdays
• Lectures/Events
• Article submission
•October Meeting
•Chapter News
•Meet a TD member
•Historic Article
•September Calendar
Monthly Newsletter
October meeting
The October meeting will be Oct. 21st. In the San
Luis Valley. Details will be emailed out and posted
Archives—The Southern Chapter discussed the need for an official archive site within our
chapter area. The State TDC has their archives at the History Colorado Center in Denver. It
was felt that the Southern Chapter would like to have easier access to the chapter archives, so
it was voted to establish an archive with the Florence Historical Archives in Florence, Colorado.
This is a free service. A duplicate set of archival data will be maintained with History Colorado.
Betsy Denney will represent the Southern Chapter on the Florence Historical Archives board of
directors.
Bylaws– This serves as a notice that the bylaws will be voted on at the October meeting. The
Southern Chapter bylaws will be updated to align with the new dues amount of $20 starting in
2018 that was voted on at the May meeting.
Thank You—Many thanks are extended to Betsy Denney and her sister, Tomalee Young for
providing a wonderful lunch and program at the August meeting in Cotopaxi.
Alma Denton Kimbrel was born in La Junta, Colorado. Alma’s Colorado ances-tor is Mary Richards Ballou. Alma lived south of La Junta on the family ranch along the Purgatoire River before her parents moved to a farm near Hoehne, Colorado. From Hoehne the family moved to a ranch north of Malachite, Colora-do. The ranch at Malachite was too high in elevation for Alma’s mother, so her parents moved to Montana. While living at Malachite, Alma met her future hus-band, John Kimbrel, at the local country dances. After they were married John and Alma moved to Montana to work on Alma’s parents ranch south of Missoula. When John’s father became ill, they moved back to Huerfano County to take over the management of the Kimbrel Ranch along the Huerfano River. Alma has lived on the ranch since that time. She later worked as the assistant manager of the Best Western Rambler hotel in Walsenburg. Alma joined Territo-rial Daughters in 1994, because her husband, John, and Clau-dia Capps thought she needed something to do. Alma’s sister (Rebecca Holt) her daughter (Cindy Cowing) and her grand-daughters are also members of Territorial Daughters.
September 2017
Alma’s grandmother, Mary Ballou, with her daugh-
ters Cleopatra (Alma’s mother), Alma, and Mary. Al-
ma is named after her Aunt Alma.
Teresita Sandoval Suaso Kinkead Barclay
By Betsy Denney
Maria Teresa "Teresita" Sandoval was born in 1811 (some reference to 1815) in Taos, New Mexico to
Gerbacio and Maria Ramona Barela de Sandoval. She had one brother Jose Benito.
Teresita married Manuel Suaso, a farmer, in Taos at about the age of 14. This was an arranged mar-
riage of two families of equal social status. Their first child, Juanita (Juana) Suaso, was born in 1828.
In 1830, Maria de la Cruz (Crucita) Suaso was born. Tomas Suaso was born in 1832. The family then
moved in 1835 to another more fertile valley along with other settlers, one being a Mexican citizen from
Kentucky - Matthew Kinkead and his brother John - both traders. Teresita was soon in love with
Kinkead and left Suaso. Another child was born to Teresita and Matthew, a daughter Rafaela in 1837
and in 1838, a son was born to them, Andreas (Andrew) Kinkead. Both of these children were blue-
eyed.
Matthew Kinkead soon partnered with others, including George Simpson, Joseph Doyle, and Alexander
Barclay, to start a new trading post on the Arkansas River called Fort El Pueblo. In 1842, he brought
Teresita and family to Ft. Pueblo where they continued to trade and grow crops. Teresita learned to
read and write while at the trading post. She also learned to trade and deal with the trappers, Indians,
and travelers. By 1843 Ft. El Pueblo was becoming wild with the drinking and trappers; Teresita was
ready to leave. Kinkead, along with his son and brother, headed west to Hardscrabble to establish an-
other shop. Teresita soon joined him along with Barclay, Doyle, and Simpson. Business was success-
ful for them. During this time, George Simpson marries Juana Suaso, Teresita leaves Kinkead and is
soon married to Alexander Barclay, and Joseph Doyle marries Crucita Suaso. Kinkead and his son,
Andrew, remain on Hardscrabble and ranch.
Teresita becomes a valuable member of the group, often staying to run the trading post while the men
traveled to places like Ft. Laramie and St. Louis. By 1846, Teresita and Alex left Hardscrabble returning
to Pueblo. They built their home two miles west of Ft. Pueblo and started cattle ranching, but continued
trading with the Indians. They called this the Barclay Houses where Teresita remained until 1848 when
they built Fort Barclay in Northern New Mexico in the hopes of selling it to the US Government to be
used along the Santa Fe Trail. Troubles between Teresita and Alex continued and in 1853, Alex sent
Teresita to live with Crucita and Joseph Doyle along the Ar-
kansas River. Teresita remained with the Doyle family, mov-
ing to their final home along the Huerfano River when Doyle
purchased land from the Vigil and St. Vrain Land Grant. Tere-
sita continued to manage the farming and ranching of the
Doyle Empire even after the death of Joseph and Crucita.
Teresita lived next to the church of the Mexican Village on the
Doyle Estate; she died in 1894 at the age of 83. She is buried
with her money and jewels, as the legend goes.
Sources:
Trappers to Tourists by Rosemae Wells Campbell 1972
Lady of Taos by Richard L. Luna
El Napeste, Publishing Company 1974
Colorado Springs, CO
Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn: The Upper Arkansas 1832-1856
