The Life & Times of Lafayette Head: Early Pioneer of Southwest Colorado

by P David Smith and Cynthia S Becker

Lafayette Head, a simple Missouri boy, was one of Colorado's first Anglo residents. He fought in the Mexican-American War in 1846 and decided to stay in New Mexico Territory; but soon he moved to the future Colorado. He fought in the Taos Revolt of 1848 and in the Ute Indian War of 1855. He was involved with the Mexidan Conejos Land Grant of over two million acres, started the first church in Colorado, dug the second earliest irrigation ditch,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937851362
• ISBN13: 9781937851361
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Western Reflections Publishing Co.
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"