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Welcome to the Town of Ignacio's official web site.
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The Ignacio Area is a multi-ethnic community
situated in a long ranching valley with the La Plata Mountains to
the north. The early residents were the Ute Indians,
primarily the Weminuche band.
In 1899, unallotted land in the eastern portion of the reservation
was made available to non-Native Americans. At this time the
Hall brothers were running the trading post and post office.
This and the narrow gauge rail station to the south were all that
existed in the way of a town. Hans Aspaas purchased the
trading post in 1908. At the same time the Ute wife of a
Civil War Veteran, John Taylor, died and the 169 acre allotment that
he inherited was immediately sold to the Halls.
June 1910, both the Hall and the Aspaas lands were filed with the
La Plata County Clerk and in 1913 Ignacio was incorporated.
Today the town is a supply center for the surrounding Southern Ute
Indian Reservation
and ranches and a crossroads for the gas and oil industry. |
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