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Tag: Fort Marcy

Tracking Alonzo

September 12, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 5 Comments

On a chilly day in December 1861, an Iowa farmer and Colorado gold miner named Alonzo Ferdinand Ickis put on…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: 2nd Colorado Infantry, Acequias, Alonzo Ickis, Colorado Territory, Culebra Range, Fort Marcy, Huerfano River, La Veta Pass, New Mexico Territory, Raton Pass, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Taos
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