A Visit to Water at the Blue Earth
Oct 28, 2019
4 minutes
Mark Hotz
As has been the case for the past few articles, this one also is inspired by a recent purchase and addition to my collection of national bank notes. Accordingly, we will visit rural Saguache County, Colorado, and the town of Saguache itself. Saguache is the county seat of the eponymous county, and is the Northern Gateway to the San Luis Valley. It is a rural and agricultural community located at the junction of US Route 285 and State Route 114. It has a current population of around 500, and is sandwiched between the Sangre de Cristo mountain range to the east and the San Juans to the west.
The name of the town comes from a Ute word meaning “water at the blue
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