There are many things that happen here on a regular basis, I could fill a dozen pages or more talking about them. Things like some nights I will take a glass from the cabinet and set it on the counter, go to the fridge to get the milk or whatever I'm drinking, and turn back around and the glass is gone, it reappears somewhere across the room, like on the bar, or the stove, next to the sink, etc. There is no one else in the room with me.
With all the things that go on here, you'd think my house was 100 years old. Actually, it was built in 1978. However, it does sit very near an old trail that had been used for hundreds of years. I have lived peacefully with them for 13 years; I would miss them if they were to leave! They've never hurt anything and can sometimes even help!
Here in Pueblo County is the battle site of Cuerno Verde. In 1777, Teodoro del Croix, Commander General of the Internal Provinces, appointed de Anza Governor of New Mexico in hopes that he could do something about the Comanche problem.
Upon his arrival in Nuevo Mexico, de Anza quickly determined that previous forays against the Comanche all failed for the same reason: the Spaniards always took the same route east over the
Sangre de Cristo's and then north over the Ratons. The Comanches saw them coming and just retreated to wait for a better day. De Anza determined to use a completely different route to the plains of
Colorado, to sneak up on the Comanches.