page_title: Teresita Sandoval
section_title: Pueblo area settlements
hierarchical_section_title: Teresita Sandoval / Pueblo area settlements
caption_attribution_description: English: Colonel Henry Inman, Mexican Ranch, published in The Old Santa Fe Trail, 1897
context_page_description: Maria Teresa "Teresita" Sandoval Suazo was among the first women of European heritage to live in the Arkansas Valley of present-day Colorado. She is one of the founders of El Pueblo in the current city of Pueblo, Colorado. She managed a ranch, the Doyle Settlement, in her later years.
context_section_description: In 1841, Kinkead established a farm in Rock Canyon along the Arkansas River, six miles above the mouth of Fountain Creek, at future site of the Goodnight Rock Canon Ranch near the present-day Pueblo Reservoir. He had Dick Wooten trade his sheep for milk cows in Kansas City and deliver them to the farm, where he began to raise buffalo after taking calves from herds. Buffalo calves would suckle on cows and grew to be stronger than oxen. Wooten was probably his employee at the ranch, and Francisco Conn was likely his partner. Sandoval and her daughters were among the first women of European descent in the Arkansas Valley. The others were Louisa Sandoval and Rumalda López Fisher. Sandoval and Kinkead followed buffalo herds on the plains and captured newborn calves. They were in danger of attack from the buffalo and Native Americans. Sandoval was known for her courage. Once they were about a year old, they were sold in Missouri for $100 each. He sold 44 buffalo in the spring of 1842.
  Sandoval and Kinkead were among the founders of El Pueblo trading post, the present Pueblo, Colorado. Sandoval helped build and manage the fort. She played an instrumental role in the daily operations of the post, interacting with Native Americans, trappers, residents, businessmen, and famous American West characters. Goods traded at the fort included buffalo fur and leather, food, jewelry, and tools. The life included hard work and defense against Native Americans who defended their ancestral hunting grounds.
  She lived at the trading post with her children and parents. Two of Sandoval's daughters were married at a young age. Juana was married before her 15th birthday to George Simpson by November 1842; Cruz married Joseph Doyle. Both men were residents of El Pueblo.
caption: El Pueblo  was believed to have looked like the Mexican Ranch by Colonel Henry Inman, published in The Old Santa Fe Trail, 1897[9]
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