TERRITORIAL DAUGHTERS OF COLORADO

SOUTHERN CHAPTER

Lectures and Events

Foster House Celebration

June 3rd, 12:30 pm

Please join the Apishipa Valley Historical Society as they

celebrate The Foster House Stage Stop being placed on the

National Register of Historic Places with a tour of the Foster

House site. The site is located on private property, so this will be

a great opportunity to see the sight that is usually closed to the

public. Meet at the “truck-stop” at exit 34 at 12:30.

FREE EVENT

Crossroads in the Clouds: 3 Cultures on La Veta

Pass

June 24

Limited tickets available; for sale though June 15th or until sold out

North by Southwest; 205 S Main St.; La Veta, CO HCHS Heritage Center; 114 West Sixth; Walsenburg, CO 81089

More Events and Lectures can be found on the website.

June Birthdays

Betty Stephens—June 7

Joyce Schwirz—June 7

Marie Romero –June 10

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Please let Tamara Estes or Peggy Martin

know when your birthdays are. We are

trying to ensure we recognize our

members, especially our older members.

In this issue:

• June State meeting

• June Birthdays

• Lectures/Events

•Taos Trail Meeting

•Chapter News

•Meet a TD member

•Doyle Settlement

•June Calendar

Monthly Newsletter

Taos Trail Meeting

The Taos Trail Committee will be meeting June

17th at 11:00 a.m.

We will meet at the Barkman Library, 1300 Jerry

Murphy Road in Pueblo.

We are hoping to finalize plans and layout for the

Taos Trail booklet and plan the next steps to the

project.

To Subscribe / unsubscribe to the monthly email list contact Tamara Estes at:

(tjestes2@gmail,com or territorialdaughters@gmail.com)

June State TDC Meeting

The State TD meeting will be held at the Double Tree restaurant in Platteville,

CO The meeting will be at 12—3 pm. A map is located on the website and a

link is in the email.

RSVP to Kay Evatz by May 31st . The registration form can be found in the State

Newsletter. Any questions can be directed to Kay Evatz at (719) 776-6491 or Gene-

vieve LeBlanc at (719) 857-2756

The program will presented by Linda Huerta on Victorian Secrets, Underpin-

nings.

The TDC Board meeting will be June 9th at 6 pm at The Double Tree Restau-

rant. Meet at 5 pm if you wish to eat first.

June 2017

Meet a Territorial Daughter

Southern Chapter News

2018 Dues– After a discussion and vote at the May Walsenburg meeting, the chapter has decided

to raise the annual dues to $20. If you have unpaid dues for 2017 the dues are still $10. Any dues col-

lected for 2018 and beyond will be $20. The new amount is in line with other historical societies in

Southern Colorado. The amount is less than $2 per month ($1.67/month) to support our organization. If

you paid dues in advance BEFORE the increase, you are still covered for the years you paid for. Every-

one is strongly encouraged to pay their 2017 dues if they have not done so. The Chapter has already

paid the state dues for all members even if they have not paid for 2017. We currently have 44 of 126

paying members that have not paid dues for 2017. Please contact Peggy Martin to pay dues or to in-

quire if you owe dues.

2017 meetings— The July meeting will be in Beulah on July 15th, the program will be about the

historic buildings of Beulah. August meeting is in the Canon City area. Due to a scheduling conflict for

the program presenters that were scheduled for the October meeting in Pueblo, the Pueblo meeting will

now be September 16th. The program will be on Charlie Goodnight and the Goodnight Barn. The pro-

gram will include a tour of the 1870 barn. The San Luis Valley meeting will now occur on October 21st.

Monthly Newsletter— The Southern Chapter sends out a monthly newsletter by email. Everyone that

has provided an email address receives the newsletter around the first of the month. The newsletter is

available on the website as well. We know that there are members that do not have email or access to

a computer, so they can request a copy be mailed out to them. If you know of anyone that would like to

receive the newsletter that does not have access to email/computer, let Tamara Estes know and she

will mail the newsletter to them. We are limiting this to people without computer/email access to limit

postage at this time.

Peggy Martin has been a Territorial Daughter since 1985, when her mom filled out her membership application for her. Like many of us, she didn’t realize at the time how important her heritage was. Peggy is the descendant of Horatio Hall Chivington Breece. Horatio arrived in Summit County Colorado in 1869, before mov-ing to Custer County in 1870. Peggy was born in Pueblo, Colora-do. She attended school in Pueblo, and graduated from South High School. Peggy has lived in Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Wetmore. Peggy was misplaced in other states for a time, but is now back home to stay in Custer County. Peggy has worked as a receptionist, in retail sales, was an editor of a magazine, and an office manager, Peggy is the current spectacular Southern Chapter treasurer, serves as secretary/treasurer of the New Hope Cemetery in Wetmore, and is on the Board for the Greenwood Cemetery in Can-on City. Peggy believes that Colorado history and our pioneer heritage are very important, and that is why she is a Territorial Daughter. Peggy has two daugh-ters and a granddaughter that are members, and one granddaughter eagerly waiting for the day when she can join Territorial Daughters.

Peggy and Mike Martin

DOYLE SETTLEMENT

By Tamara Estes

The Doyle Settlement was established by Joseph

Bainbridge Lafayette Doyle in the late 1859 when he purchased 1200

acres of land along two miles of the Huerfano River from the Vigil and St.

Vrain Land Grant.

Joseph “Honest Joe” Doyle was born in July 18, 1817 in Virginia (later

West Virginia). He traveled to the west and southwest as a young man.

He was one of the builders of Fort Pueblo in 1842. He married Maria de

la Cruz Suaso in 1844 in New Mexico. He worked as trapper and Indian

Trader. He later became a pioneer agriculturalist, businessman, and ter-

ritorial lawmaker. Doyle worked for a time for the Bent, St. Vrain and Com-

pany. He was a partner/owner in trading posts/stores at El Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Auraria (later

part of Denver), Tarryall, Colorado City (present day Colorado Springs), Canon City and Pueb-

lo. Doyle built a large frame white house on the land he purchased along the Huerfano River.

The house became known as Casa Blanca. The lumber for the home was transported to the

site from St. Louis, Missouri. Doyle established a farm

and settlement on the land. He farmed 600 irrigated

acres. Doyle established one of the first flour mills in

Colorado to supply his family and workers at the Doyle

Settlement.

Doyle built an adobe schoolhouse at the settlement

and brought O. J. Goldrick to the site to teach his chil-

dren. The remains of the schoolhouse are still standing

and are believed to be the oldest school building in

Colorado.

Doyle was elected the first county commissioner for the newly established Huerfano County.

He was also appointed the first postmaster of Huerfano County and established a post office at

his home Casa Blanca. Joseph Doyle was elected to the State Council (upper chamber of the

Territorial legislature) in 1864 representing Huerfano, Pueblo, Fremont, and El Paso counties.

Joseph Doyle died suddenly on March 4, 1864. He is buried along with family members on a

hilltop overlooking the settlement and school.

The Doyle Settlement was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 1980. The

site is also listed on the Colorado Register of Historic Sites. The site is located southeast of

Pueblo along the Huerfano River on Doyle Road.

https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/7ab0094b-4c90-4f0c-9fb7-1b2498202db9 http://www.kmitch.com/Pueblo/doyle.html http://www.reporterherald.com/columnists/colorado-history/ci_24930879/doyle-school-oldest-schoolhouse-colorado

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/detail/american-experience/doyle-schoolhouse-oldest-known-standing-school-in-colorado/

http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/huerfano/costones/doyle.htm

Joseph Doyle

Doyle School in 2017

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Forging the

West film, 7

pm, Rocky

Mtn. PBS

Foster House Stage

Stop Ceremony,

Aguilar

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Digging for

Your Family

Roots DNA,

Pikes Peak

Library

Betty Stephens

and Joyce

Schwirz birth-

days

State Board

Meeting, Platte-

ville, CO

State TDC Meeting,

Platteville, CO

Marie Romero birth-

day

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FLAG DAY Taos Trail Commit-

tee Meeting, 11:00,

Pueblo

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Father’s Day Crossroads in the

Clouds, La Veta Pass

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Troubadours on

Horseback, Pikes

Peak Library

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Meeting and Event details available on the website.

June 2017