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The La Jara Chronicle Archive

  • La Jara, Colorado
  • 19041911

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Located in Conejos County in Southern Colorado, La Jara was an early settlement dating to 1867. By 1880, the town of La Jara was formally established with the organization of its first church. As the Denver and Rio Grande railroad laid tracks into the southern area of the state, it bypassed the town of La Jara and built its own, La Jara Station, in 1884. Old La Jara was abandoned for the new La Jara, which was incorporated in 1895. Soon after, in 1896, Clifton H. Wilder founded the La Jara Tribune. He sold it two years later to M.N. Shaw and moved to Creede, Colorado to assist his brother George in his publishing venture, The Creede Candle. By 1900, Wilder was back in La Jara to begin publication of the La Jara Chronicle.

Archive Info

  • 1,878
  • La Jara, Colorado
  • 19041911

Source Information

The La Jara Chronicle, 1904–1911 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: December 14, 2022

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Town Trustees.

Town Trustees.

The La Jara Chronicle
La Jara, Colorado
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Obituary for George Hamilton

Obituary for George Hamilton

The La Jara Chronicle
La Jara, Colorado
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Edited 
Obituary for John Huse Fullenwider

Obituary for John Huse Fullenwider

The La Jara Chronicle
La Jara, Colorado
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Edited 

The La Jara Chronicle
La Jara, Colorado
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Edited 

The La Jara Chronicle
La Jara, Colorado
 • Page 4
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Archive Info

  • 1,878
  • La Jara, Colorado
  • 19041911

Source Information

The La Jara Chronicle, 1904–1911 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: December 14, 2022