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Pueblo () is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the
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, making Pueblo the ninth most populous city in Colorado. Pueblo is the principal city of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Pueblo is situated at the confluence of the Arkansas River and
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, south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The area is considered semi-arid desert land, with approximately of precipitation annually. With its location in the " Banana Belt", Pueblo tends to get less snow than the other major cities in Colorado. Pueblo is one of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States, for which reason Pueblo is referred to as the "
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". The
Historic Arkansas River Project The Historic Arkansas Riverwalk is a riverwalk in the US city of Pueblo, Colorado, along the Arkansas River. The riverwalk was constructed as part of an effort to attract tourists and trade to the city. Its construction was inspired by the San An ...
(HARP) is a riverwalk in the
Union Avenue Historic Commercial District The Union Avenue Historic Commercial District is a century-old business district in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. The district comprises sixty-nine contributing properties in a total area of including the Union Depot, Vail Hotel and Quak ...
, and shows the history of the devastating Pueblo Flood of 1921. Pueblo has the least expensive residential real estate of all major cities in Colorado. The median home price for homes on the market in Pueblo is $192,500 as of April 2018. It is the sixth most affordable place to live in the United States as measured by the 2014 Cost of Living Index. Costs of housing, goods and services, utilities, transportation, groceries and health care are lower than the national average. Pueblo was listed by AARP in 2013 as one of the best affordable places to live.


History


El Pueblo

James Beckwourth, George Simpson, and other trappers such as
Mathew Kinkead Maria Teresa "Teresita" Sandoval Suazo (1811–1894) 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 manag ...
and
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, claimed to have helped construct the plaza that became known as
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around 1842. According to accounts of residents who traded at the plaza (including that of George Simpson), the
Fort Pueblo Massacre The Fort Pueblo massacre (also known as The Tragedy at Fort Pueblo or The El Pueblo 1854 Christmas Tragedy) was an attack that occurred on December 25, 1854, against Fort Pueblo, Colorado, also known as '' El Pueblo'', a settlement on the north sid ...
happened sometime between December 23 and December 25, 1854, by a war party of Utes and
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s under the leadership of Tierra Blanca, a Ute chief. They allegedly killed between fifteen and nineteen men, as well as captured two children and one woman. The trading post was abandoned after the raid, but it became important again between 1858 and 1859 during the
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Early development: railroads, steel, expansion, and orphanages

The current city of Pueblo represents the consolidation of four towns: Pueblo (incorporated 1870), South Pueblo (incorporated 1873), Central Pueblo (incorporated 1882), and Bessemer (incorporated 1886). Pueblo, South Pueblo, and Central Pueblo legally consolidated as the City of Pueblo between March 9 and April 6, 1886. Bessemer joined Pueblo in 1894. The consolidated city became a major economic and social center of Colorado, and was home to important early Colorado families such as the Thatchers, the Ormans, and the Adams. By the early 1870s the city was being hailed as a beacon of development, with newspapers like the '' Chicago Tribune'' boasting of how the region's lawless reputation was giving way to orderly agriculture with triumphalist rhetoric. One author crowed of Pueblo that "the necessity exists no longer for Sharp's rifles and revolvers. These have been supplied by the plow and the mowing-machine." Pueblo's development stretched beyond agriculture. Steel emerged as a key industry very early, and in 1909 the city was considered the only steel town west of the Mississippi River. Until a series of major floods culminated in the Great Flood of 1921, Pueblo was considered the 'Saddle-Making capital of the World'. Roughly one-third of Pueblo's downtown businesses were lost in this flood, along with a substantial number of buildings. Pueblo struggled with this significant loss, but has had a resurgence in growth. Historically, many people were influenced by the orphanages of Pueblo, and the homes are now all historical sites. The three orphanages in Pueblo were known as Sacred Heart, Lincoln, and McClelland. Lincoln was the first historically black orphanage in Colorado, and one of only seven in the country. Sacred Heart was run by the Catholic Welfare Bureau, while McClelland was run by the Lutheran Church. Several children from Cuba were placed at Sacred Heart as part of "
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". Though the orphanages in Pueblo are no longer in service, the buildings still exist and have transformed with the times. According to the '' Rocky Mountain News'', in 1988 the Sacred Heart Orphanage was bought by the Pueblo Housing Authority and turned into 40 small-family housing units.


Steel mill

The main industry in Pueblo for most of its history was the
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(CF&I) Steel Mill on the south side of town. For nearly a century the CF&I was the largest employer in the state of Colorado. The steel-market crash of 1982 led to the decline of the company. After several bankruptcies, the company was acquired by Oregon Steel Mills and changed its name to Rocky Mountain Steel Mills. The company was plagued with labor problems, mostly due to accusations of unfair labor practices. This culminated with a major strike in 1997, leading to most of the workforce being replaced. In September 2004, both
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locals 2102 and 3267 won the strike and the unfair labor practice charges. All of the striking steel workers returned to their jobs, and the company paid them the back pay owed for the seven years they were on strike. In 2007, shortly after Oregon Steel made amends with the union and its workers,
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, one of Russia's biggest steel producers, agreed to buy the company for $2.3 billion. Of the many production and fabrication mills that once existed on the site, only the steel production (electric furnaces, used for scrap recycling), rail, rod, bar, and seamless tube mills are still in operation. The wire mill was sold in the late 1990s to Davis Wire, which still produces products such as fence and nails under the CF&I brand name. The facility operated blast furnaces until 1982, when the steel market collapsed. The main blast furnace structures were torn down in 1989, but due to asbestos content, many of the adjacent stoves still remain. The stoves and foundations for some of the furnaces can be seen from Interstate 25, which runs parallel to the plant's west boundary. Several of the administration buildings, including the main office building, dispensary, and tunnel gatehouse were purchased in 2003 by the
Bessemer Historical Society The Steelworks Center of the West, is a non-profit organization focused on preserving the history of the coal and steel industry in the Western United States. Based in Pueblo, Colorado and formerly known as the Bessemer Historical Society, which t ...
. In 2006, they underwent renovation. In addition to housing the historic CF&I Archives, they also house the
Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture The Steelworks Museum is located in Pueblo, Colorado. Operated by the Steelworks Center of the West, the museum is in the historic Minnequa Steel Works Office Building and Dispensary of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. The museum's exhibits ...
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"Melting Pot of the West"

Due to the growth of the CF&I steel mill and the employment that it offered, Pueblo in the early twentieth century attracted a large number of immigrant laborers. The groups represented led to Pueblo becoming the most ethnically and culturally diverse city in Colorado and the West. At one point, more than 40 languages were spoken in the steel mill and more than two-dozen foreign language newspapers were published in the city. Irish, Italian,
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,
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, Greek, Jewish,
Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...
, Russian, Hungarian, Japanese, and African-American groups arrived in the area at the turn of the century and remain to the present time. The convergence of cultures led to a cosmopolitan character to the city that resulted in a number of ethnically-rooted neighborhoods that are typically not seen west of the Mississippi. Respective cultural groups maintain cultural festivals to the present, with the city being home to locations of the Order Sons of Italy,
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, and I.O.O.F., among others.


Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo

Another major employer in Pueblo is Colorado State Hospital. The hospital is the preeminent mental health facility in the Rocky Mountain region. Established in 1879 as the Colorado State Insane Asylum, it was renamed as the Colorado State Hospital in 1917. In 1991, the name was changed to the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP). The Robert L. Hawkins High Security Forensic Institute opened in June 2009 and is a 200-bed, high-security facility.


Home of Heroes

Pueblo is the hometown of four Medal of Honor recipients (tied only with Holland, Michigan, also with four, each having more than any other municipality in the United States):
William J. Crawford William John Crawford (May 19, 1918 – March 15, 2000) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II. The Medal of Honor award was believed to be posthumous, even though he was a prisoner of ...
,
Carl L. Sitter Carl Leonard Sitter (December 2, 1922 – April 4, 2000) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and Korean War Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Marine Corps career He was born i ...
,
Raymond G. Murphy Captain Raymond Gerald "Jerry" Murphy (January 14, 1930 – April 6, 2007) was the 39th United States Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Korean War. He was decorated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a White House ceremony o ...
, and Drew D. Dix. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, upon presenting Raymond G. "Jerry" Murphy with his medal in 1953, commented, "What is it... something in the water out there in Pueblo? All you guys turn out to be heroes!" In 1993, Pueblo City Council adopted the tagline "Home of Heroes" for the city due to the fact that Pueblo can claim more recipients of the Medal per capita than any other city in the United States. On July 1, 1993, the ''Congressional Record'' recognized Pueblo as the "Home of Heroes." A memorial to the recipients of the medal is at the Pueblo Convention Center. Central High School is known as the "School of Heroes," as it is the alma mater of two recipients, Sitter and Crawford.


Geography

Pueblo is south of Denver and is on the front range of the Rocky Mountains. Pueblo sits on the western edge of the
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in a high desert area of terrain in southern Colorado and is near the western edge of the
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ecology region. According to the
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, the city had a total area of , including of water.


Climate

Pueblo has a
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( Köppen ''BSk''), with four distinct seasons. Winter days are usually mild, but the high does not surpass freezing on an average 15.3 days per year, and lows fall to or below on 7.8 nights. Snowfall usually falls in light amounts, and due to the high altitude, and the accompanying stronger sun, rarely remains on the ground for long (typically, for one or two days). January is the snowiest month, followed by March, and the seasonal average is ; however, snow is uncommon in October, and in May or September, snow is exceedingly rare, with an average first and last date of measurable (≥) snowfall being November 6 and April 13, respectively. Summers are hot and dry, with or greater highs are on average seen 66.7 days per year, with or greater on 10.2 days. Diurnal temperature ranges are large throughout the year, averaging . Precipitation is generally low, with the winter months receiving very little. Sunshine is abundant throughout the year, with an annual total of nearly 3,470 hours, or 78% of the possible total. Pueblo is considered a high desert climate, and sits on the desert lands in southern Colorado between Pueblo and the Royal Gorge.


Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 102,121 people, 40,307 households, and 26,118 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 43,121 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 56.21% White, 2.41% African American, 1.73% Native American, 0.67%
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, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 15.20% from other races, and 3.71% from two or more races. Latinos made up 44.13% of the population. 10.1% were of
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, 8.1% Italian, 6.0% American, 5.5% English and 5.4% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. According to the 2005 Census estimates, the city had grown to an estimated population of 104,951 and had become the ninth most populous city in the state of Colorado and the 245th most populous city in the United States. There were 40,307 households, out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.03. In the city, the ages of the population were spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $29,650, and the median income for a family was $35,620. Males had a median income of $29,702 versus $22,197 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,026. About 13.9% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.3% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 census, the population of Pueblo was 106,544 ( 259th most populous U.S. city), the population of the
Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area Pueblo County ( or ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,162. The county seat is Pueblo. The county was named for the historic city of Pueblo which took its name from the Spanish lan ...
was 159,063 ( 190th most populous MSA), the population of the Pueblo–Cañon City, CO Combined Statistical Area was 205,887, the population of the
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was 851,500, and the population of the Front Range Urban Corridor in Colorado was an estimated 4,166,855. As of the April 2010 census the racial makeup of the city was: 75.2% White, 2.5% Black or African American, 2.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 4.1% Two or More Races. Hispanic or Latino (of any race) were 49.8% and Non-Hispanic Whites were 45.2% of the population.


Economy

Pueblo is the home of the Federal Citizen Information Center, operated by the General Services Administration, and its Consumer Information Catalog. For over 30 years, public service announcements invited Americans to write for information at "Pueblo, Colorado, 81009". In recent times GSA has incorporated Pueblo into FCIC's toll-free telephone number.
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has constructed the largest (nearly 700,000 square feet) wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in the world at Pueblo's industrial park. Renewable Energy Systems Americas broke ground on the Comanche Solar Project seven miles south of Pueblo in 2015. When complete, it will be the largest
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farm east of the Rocky Mountains, and its backers say the project will produce electricity more cheaply than natural gas. The project will cover 1,000 acres with 500,000 solar panels, providing a capacity of 156 megawatts of power—enough to supply 31,000 homes. The project will be run by
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, with a power purchase agreement signed by Xcel Energy. A number of scientific studies now list Pueblo as the state's primary locale for solar energy development and the premier setting for solar companies to locate, placing it ahead of regional rivals such as Boulder, Colorado and Taos, New Mexico. In February 2017, Pueblo City Council voted to commit the city to
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("Ready for 100%") by 2035, with the city's electric franchisee,
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, expected to ramp up its renewable energy portfolio from 29% to 65%. Pueblo County commissioners joined the renewable commitment in April 2018. For several years, Pueblo's Energy Future has been pushing the city to become a municipal electric provider. Among the claimed advantages for the move toward independence: lower cost to the consumer, increased reliability and the opportunity to move more aggressively toward renewable energy development. At one time, an August 2020 "divorce" seemed possible. ;Top employers According to Pueblo's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:


Arts and culture

Pueblo is the home to Colorado's largest single event, the Colorado State Fair, held annually in the late summer, and the largest parade, the state fair parade, as well as an annual Chile & Frijoles Festival.


Venues, museums and sites

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Pueblo Heritage Museum In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...
* Rosemount Museum *
Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center The Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center is an art center located in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1972 as a multi-disciplinary center for the arts, it features art galleries, performing arts, and the Buell Children's Museum. ...
* Buell Children's Museum *
Pueblo Convention Center In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...
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Pueblo Memorial Hall In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...
* City Park Carousel *
El Pueblo History Museum El Pueblo History Museum is a local history museum in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. The museum presents the history of Pueblo, together with the cultural and ethnic groups of the region. The historical site includes an 1840s-style adobe trading ...
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Lake Pueblo State Park Lake Pueblo State Park is a state park located in Pueblo County, Colorado. It includes of shoreline and of land. Activities it offers include two full-service marinas, recreational fishing, hiking, camping and swimming at a special swim beac ...
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Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center The Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center is a multi-campus nature preserve and educational center in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The NWDC is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt corporation which includes a mountain park, lodge, gift shop, and m ...
* Pueblo Ice Arena *
Pueblo Zoo Pueblo Zoo is a zoo located in Pueblo, Colorado in the United States. The zoo is open year-round and is home to over 420 animals of more than 140 species. The Pueblo Zoological Society manages the zoo, which is accredited by the Association of Z ...
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Steelworks Museum The Steelworks Museum is located in Pueblo, Colorado. Operated by the Steelworks Center of the West, the museum is in the historic Minnequa Steel Works Office Building and Dispensary of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. The museum's exhibits ...
managed by the
Steelworks Center of the West The Steelworks Center of the West, is a non-profit organization focused on preserving the history of the coal and steel industry in the Western United States. Based in Pueblo, Colorado and formerly known as the Bessemer Historical Society, which t ...
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Union Avenue Historic Commercial District The Union Avenue Historic Commercial District is a century-old business district in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. The district comprises sixty-nine contributing properties in a total area of including the Union Depot, Vail Hotel and Quak ...
* Weisbrod Aircraft Museum *
Pueblo City-County Library District The Pueblo City-County Library District is a public library system serving Pueblo County, Colorado. The main branch, the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, is located in the Mesa Junction neighborhood of the City of Pueblo, Colorado. Aside fro ...


Sports

Pueblo is the hometown of Dutch Clark, the first man from Colorado inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as well as the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. The primary football stadium belonging to
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is named for him. Two long-standing high school rivalries are played annually at this stadium.
The Bell Game The Bell Game is an annual football contest between two high schools in Pueblo, Colorado, USA: Centennial High School and Central High School. They have been playing each other since Thanksgiving Day 1892 in what is believed to be the oldest o ...
has been played annually since 1892 between the Central Wildcats and the Centennial Bulldogs in what is touted as the oldest football rivalry west of the Mississippi River. In 2008, Professional Bull Riders (PBR) moved its corporate headquarters to Pueblo. This became the site of their world headquarters based at the
Historic Arkansas Riverwalk The Historic Arkansas Riverwalk is a riverwalk in the US city of Pueblo, Colorado, along the Arkansas River. The riverwalk was constructed as part of an effort to attract tourists and trade to the city. Its construction was inspired by the San An ...
located bordering the
Union Avenue Historic Commercial District The Union Avenue Historic Commercial District is a century-old business district in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. The district comprises sixty-nine contributing properties in a total area of including the Union Depot, Vail Hotel and Quak ...
. In 2014, the
Colorado State University Pueblo Colorado State University Pueblo (CSU Pueblo) is a public university in Pueblo, Colorado. It is a member of the Colorado State University System (CSU System) and a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). History 1933 to 1959 The idea for startin ...
ThunderWolves won the NCAA Division II Football Championship, a first national title for the football program. In 2019, the
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team in the United States Premier Hockey League, began play out of the Pueblo Ice Arena.


Government

Pueblo is a state-chartered municipal corporation, previously governed by its city council without the office of mayor and administered by a city manager. In 2017 voters passed Question 2A changing the city charter to a strong-mayor form of city government known as "Mayor-Council Government". Only two other cities in the state of Colorado use the strong-mayor form of government, Denver and Colorado Springs. In 2018 an election was held for mayor for the first time in over sixty years, due to none of the sixteen candidates getting more than fifty percent of the vote, a runoff was required to decide the winner. In January 2019 attorney Nicholas Gradisar faced former Pueblo City Council President Steve Nawrocki, Gradisar prevailed and was sworn in as mayor on the first of February for a term of five years, with all subsequent mayoral terms being four years and a maximum of two consecutive terms. The deputy mayor is selected by the mayor and must be confirmed by a vote of the city council, the deputy mayor serves a term of one year. According to the city charter, the deputy mayor must be a city department head. The city council is elected by the residents of the city. There are seven council seats, four of which are elected by district, and three elected at-large. Pueblo is included in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, and is currently represented by Republican Lauren Boebert. Pueblo is also included in the 3rd District of the Colorado State Senate, currently represented by Democrat Nick Hinrichsen, and District 46 of the Colorado State House, currently represented by Democrat
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Municipal law enforcement

The Pueblo Police Department is led by Chief Chris Noeller Per capita, the crime rate in Pueblo is higher than the national average for a city of the same size and does not take into account the surrounding unincorporated cumulative population of 176,529. In 2016, the FBI's Uniform Crime Report listed Pueblo's major reported crimes stats as: 1,081 violent crime, murders 9, rape 171, robbery 224, aggravated assault 677, property crimes (all) 7,473, burglary 1,797, larceny 4,505, motor vehicle theft (all) 1,171, arson 49.


Education


Higher education

Pueblo is home to
Colorado State University Pueblo Colorado State University Pueblo (CSU Pueblo) is a public university in Pueblo, Colorado. It is a member of the Colorado State University System (CSU System) and a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). History 1933 to 1959 The idea for startin ...
(CSU Pueblo), a regional comprehensive university. It is part of the Colorado State University System (CSU System), with about 4,500 students. On May 8, 2007, CSU Pueblo received approval from the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System to bring back football as a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The first game was played in the fall of 2008 at the ThunderBowl, a stadium at CSU Pueblo for over 12,000 spectators. In 2014, the football team won the NCAA Division II Football Championship.
Pueblo Community College Pueblo Community College (PCC) is a public community college in Pueblo, Colorado. History ''Pueblo Community College'' (PCC) traces its history to the founding of Southern Colorado Junior College (SCJC) in 1933. In 1937 SCJC became part of the ...
(PCC) is a two-year, public, comprehensive community college, one of thirteen community colleges within the Colorado Community College System (CCCS). It operates three campuses serving a widely dispersed eight-county region in Southern Colorado. The main campus is located in Pueblo and serves Pueblo County. The Fremont Campus is located approximately west of Pueblo in Cañon City and serves Fremont and Custer Counties. The Southwest Campus, southwest of Pueblo, serves Montezuma, Dolores, La Plata, San Juan, and Archuleta counties. PCC is a Hispanic Serving Institution as designated by the Federal Government. Approximately 5,000 students attend PCC per semester.


Primary and secondary education

Almost all of the city limits is within
Pueblo School District 60 Pueblo School District 60 (D60), formerly Pueblo City Schools,PT120/ref> References External links * {{School districts in Colorado Pueblo, Colorado School districts in Colorado Education in Pueblo County, Colorado 1946 establishments ...
. Very small portions lie within Pueblo County School District 70. Centennial High School was founded north of downtown on Eleventh Street in 1876, the year Colorado entered the Union. Centennial was rebuilt on a new site to the northwest in 1973. Central High School was founded in Bessemer in 1882. Central's present campus on East Orman Avenue was built in 1906 and expanded in the early 1970s. Its original building still stands four blocks away on East Pitkin Avenue. South High School and East High School were built in the late 1950s to accommodate the Baby Boomer generation. Pueblo County High School, east of the city in Vineland, serves rural residents. Rye High School is in a foothills town southwest of Pueblo.
Pueblo West High School Pueblo West High School is a public high school located in Pueblo West, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area. The school opened its doors in 1997 as a new extension of Pueblo School District 70. Pueblo ...
is located in the northwestern suburb of
Pueblo West Pueblo West is a census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is part of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Pueblo West CDP was 32,842 according to the Unite ...
.
Pueblo Catholic High School Pueblo Catholic High School was a Catholic high school in Pueblo, Colorado, under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo The Diocese of Pueblo ( la, Dioecesis Pueblensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Chur ...
closed in 1971.Beck, Kathy Bribari.
Reunion planned for Pueblo Catholic High Class of ‘65
"
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo The Diocese of Pueblo ( la, Dioecesis Pueblensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Colorado. The diocese was created on November 15, 1941. It encompasses the southern half of Colorado, from ...
. July 2015. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. "celebrates its 50th reunion this fall, Sept. 11 to 13, some 40 years since all Pueblo's Catholic schools closed." - The article was published in 2015 so all Catholic schools would have closed by 1975.
Its building became Roncalli Middle School in the early 1970s. By 1975 all Catholic schools in Pueblo (under the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo The Diocese of Pueblo ( la, Dioecesis Pueblensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Colorado. The diocese was created on November 15, 1941. It encompasses the southern half of Colorado, from ...
) had closed. there are two Catholic grade schools in Pueblo: St. John Neumann Catholic School and St. Therese Catholic School.
Dolores Huerta Preparatory High School Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to: * Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores * Dolores (given name) Dolores may also refer to: Film * ''Dolores'' (2017 film), an American documentary by Peter Bratt * ' ...
was founded in 2004, and relocated to its current building in 2007. It features the only Early College Program in Pueblo recognized by the State of Colorado, where many students graduate with their associate degree from Pueblo Community College while also earning credit from Colorado State University Pueblo. Other Pueblo area high schools include Southern Colorado Early College, School of Engineering and Biomedical Science (formerly Pueblo Technical Academy), Parkhill Christian Academy and the Health Academy.


Media


Print

* ''
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'' *''
The Pueblo Chieftain The ''Pueblo Chieftain'' is an American daily newspaper published in Pueblo, Colorado. The ''Chieftain'' was established in 1868 by Dr. Michael Beshoar, the first doctor in Trinidad, Colorado. Wilbur Fisk Stone and George A. Hinsdale were the fi ...
'' * ''CSU Pueblo TODAY'' * ''PULP News Magazine'' *''Senior Beacon''


Radio

The Pueblo radio market includes all of Pueblo County. In its Fall 2013 ranking of radio markets by population,
Arbitron Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences. It was founded as the American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by mergin ...
ranked the Pueblo market 238th in the United States. Six AM and 15 FM radio stations broadcast from or are licensed to the city. Due to Pueblo's proximity to Colorado Springs, local listeners can also receive the signal of most radio stations broadcasting from the Colorado Springs radio market.


Television

The Colorado Springs–Pueblo market is the 90th largest television market in the United States.


Transportation


Local and regional buses

The City of Pueblo operates
Pueblo Transit Pueblo Transit is the public transportation operator for the metro area of Pueblo, Colorado Pueblo () is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality that is the county seat and the List of municipaliti ...
.
Greyhound Lines Greyhound Lines, Inc. (commonly known as simply Greyhound) operates the largest intercity bus service in North America, including Greyhound Mexico. It also operates charter bus services, Amtrak Thruway services, commuter bus services, and pac ...
provides bus service towards Denver, Colorado; Amarillo, Texas;
Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
. Regional bus service to
La Junta La Junta is a home rule municipality in , the county seat of, and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,322 at the 2020 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas Ri ...
, Lamar as well as Colorado Springs is provided by the
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operated
Bustang Bustang is an intercity bus service in the U.S. state of Colorado. Service began in 2015 and originally traveled between Denver and Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Glenwood Springs. Service has since been expanded to connect Grand Junction, ...
.


Rail

Freight rail service is provided by BNSF and Union Pacific. Pueblo and its Union Depot last saw passenger train service in 1971. Amtrak's daily ''
Southwest Chief The ''Southwest Chief'' (formerly the ''Southwest Limited'' and ''Super Chief'') is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff ...
'' stops east of Pueblo at
La Junta La Junta is a home rule municipality in , the county seat of, and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,322 at the 2020 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas Ri ...
, providing direct rail transport to Los Angeles, Albuquerque,
Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
, Chicago, and dozens of smaller locales. In 2016, Amtrak looked at rerouting the ''Southwest Chief'' to serve Pueblo directly. It estimated the new stop would increase annual ridership by 14,000 and ticket revenue by $1.45 million. Pueblo has been proposed as the southern terminus for
Front Range Passenger Rail Front Range Passenger Rail is a proposed inter-city passenger train service along the Front Range and broader I-25 corridors in Colorado and Wyoming. Most proposals envision a route from Pueblo north to Colorado Springs, Denver, Boulder, Fort Co ...
, which would provide service to Colorado Springs, Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Cheyenne.


Aviation

* Pueblo Memorial Airport - The local airport lies to the east of the city. Throughout the year, aircraft spotters can see large C-130, C-17, and E-3 performing landings and takeoffs. Modern fighters such as the F-22, F-15, F-35, and F-16 are also seen on occasion flying around the facility and parked on the ramp.
SkyWest Airlines SkyWest Airlines is an American regional airline headquartered in St. George, Utah, United States. SkyWest is paid to staff, operate and maintain aircraft used on flights that are scheduled, marketed and sold by a partner mainline airline. The ...
under the flag of United Express services the airport with non-stop daily flights to
Denver International Airport Denver International Airport , locally known as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. At , it is the largest airport in ...
, utilizing Bombardier's CRJ-200 aircraft. The airport is also home to the
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum is a non-profit aviation museum located in Southern Colorado. It was founded in the mid-1970s by former Pueblo City Manager Fred Weisbrod. The museum is made up of two hangars that were built in 2005 and 2011. ...
(named for Fred Weisbrod, late city manager), reflecting the airport's beginnings as an Army Air Corps base in 1943. * Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society * Fremont County Airport is a general aviation field approximately northwest of Pueblo, near Penrose.


Major highways

Interstate 25 Interstate 25 (I-25) is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States. It is primarily a north–south highway, serving as the main route through New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. I-25 stretches from I-10 at Las Cruces, New Mexic ...
and
US Route 85 U.S. Route 85 (US 85) is a north–south United States Highway that travels in the Mountain and Northern Plains states of the United States. The southern terminus of the highway is at the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, connecting ...
run in tandem on the same north–south expressway through Pueblo. US Route 50 runs east–west through Pueblo.


Notable people


Politics

* Alva Adams, the fifth, tenth, and fourteenth Governor of Colorado, from 1887 to 1889, 1897 to 1899, and briefly in 1905 *
Alva Blanchard Adams Alva Blanchard Adams (October 29, 1875 – December 1, 1941) was a Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1933 to 1941. Biography Adams was born in Del Norte, Colorado an ...
, United States Senator from Colorado, 1923–1925 and 1933–1941. Son of Alva Adams *
Gordon L. Allott Gordon Llewellyn Allott (January 2, 1907January 17, 1989) was a Republican American politician. Allott was born in Pueblo, Colorado to Bertha (née Llewellyn) and Leonard J. Allott; his maternal grandparents were Welsh and his paternal grandpare ...
, United States Senator from Colorado, 1955–1973.
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Government of Colorado, United States, below the governor of Colorado. The lieutenant governor of Colorado, who acts as governor of Colorad ...
, 1950-1955 *
Thomas M. Bowen Thomas Mead Bowen (October 26, 1835 – December 30, 1906) was a state legislator in Iowa and Colorado, a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, briefly the Governor of Idaho Territory, ...
, United States Senator from Colorado, 1883–1889, Governor of Idaho Territory, 1871, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice, 1867–1871 *
David Courtney Coates David Courtney Coates (August 9, 1868 – January 28, 1933) was a publisher and printer, labor union leader and socialist politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, secretary and president ...
, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World * Frank Evans, U.S. Representative from Colorado, 1965–1979 *
Thomas T. Farley Thomas Tancred "Tom" Farley (November 10, 1934 – August 23, 2010) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Farley graduated from Pueblo Catholic High School in 1952. He then received his bachelor's degree in economics ...
, Colorado state legislator and lawyer *
Joseph A. Garcia Joseph A. Garcia (born March 21, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from January 2011 to May 2016. Early life, education and career Joseph A. Garcia was born on March 21, 1957, in ...
, 48th and current Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, since January 2011. Former President of
Colorado State University Pueblo Colorado State University Pueblo (CSU Pueblo) is a public university in Pueblo, Colorado. It is a member of the Colorado State University System (CSU System) and a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). History 1933 to 1959 The idea for startin ...
. * Simon Guggenheim, U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1907–1913, businessman and son of Benjamin Guggenheim *
Asma Gull Hasan Asma Gull Hasan ( ur, ; born 1974) is an American writer. Her work includes the book ''Red, White, and Muslim'', a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim. She is the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, born in Chicago, United Stat ...
, political pundit *
Walter Walford Johnson Walter Walford Johnson (April 16, 1904 – March 23, 1987) was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 32nd governor of the state of Colorado from 1950 to 1951. He was the first governor to have been born in the 20t ...
, 32nd Governor of Colorado, 1950–1951 *
Raymond P. Kogovsek Raymond Peter Kogovsek (; August 19, 1941 – April 30, 2017) was an U.S. Representative from Colorado for three terms from 1979 to 1985. Early life and education Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Kogovsek graduated from Pueblo Catholic High School, 1 ...
, U.S. Representative from Colorado, 1979–1985 * Joyce Lawrence, former city councilor and Colorado state legislator *
John Andrew Martin John Andrew Martin (April 10, 1868 – December 23, 1939) was an American journalist, attorney, soldier, and politician, who represented Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives. He recruited troops and commanded the 115th Supply Train, ...
, U.S. Representative from Colorado, 1909–1913, 1933–1939 * Bat Masterson, iconic figure of American West, sheriff of South Pueblo *
Rita Martinez Rita Martinez () was a Chicana activist operating in Pueblo, Colorado. She is notable for her activism against the observance of Columbus Day in Colorado. Her efforts came to fruition in 2020, when Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill abol ...
, activist against Columbus Day *
James Bradley Orman James Bradley Orman (November 4, 1849 – July 21, 1919) was an American politician and railroad builder. He served as the 12th Governor of Colorado from 1901 to 1903. He was a Democrat. Life and career Orman was born in Muscatine, Iowa and gre ...
, twelfth Governor of Colorado, in office 1901–1903 *
Jim Parco James Edward Parco (born October 22, 1968) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel, professor, entrepreneur and corporate executive. While in the military, he emerged as a leading voice in the religious intolerance crisis, at the U ...
, former United States Air Force
lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...
. Leading critic in religious intolerance crisis at the United States Air Force Academy *
Dana Perino Dana Marie Perino (born May 9, 1972) is an American political commentator and author who served as the 26th White House Press Secretary, under President George W. Bush from September 14, 2007, to January 20, 2009. She was the second female White ...
, White House Press Secretary in 2007–2009, graduated from Colorado State University Pueblo in 1994 * Frederick Walker Pitkin,
second The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds ...
Governor of Colorado from 1879 to 1883 *
John E. Rickards John Ezra Rickards (July 23, 1848 – December 26, 1927) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician in the Montana legislator. He served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Montana, and the second Governor of the state of Mont ...
, first
Lieutenant Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...
of Montana and second Governor of Montana *
Fitch Robertson Fitch Robertson (February 12, 1896 – March 5, 1956) was Mayor of Berkeley, California, United States, from 1943 to 1947. He was born February 12, 1896, in Pueblo, Colorado. Robertson was a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines. He served d ...
, Mayor of Berkeley, California from 1943 to 1947 *
Ray Herbert Talbot Raymond Herbert Talbot (August 19, 1896 – January 30, 1955) was an American politician who served as the 27th Governor of Colorado for eleven days in 1937. Talbot, an electrical engineer, was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives i ...
, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, from 1932 to 1937. 27th Governor of Colorado, 1937 *
Hubert Work Hubert Work (July 3, 1860December 14, 1942) was a U.S. administrator and physician. He served as the United States Postmaster General from 1922 until 1923 during the presidency of Warren G. Harding. He served as the United States Secretary of t ...
, 47th United States Postmaster General, 1922 to 1923. Later the 29th United States Secretary of the Interior, 1923 to 1928


Military

*
William J. Crawford William John Crawford (May 19, 1918 – March 15, 2000) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II. The Medal of Honor award was believed to be posthumous, even though he was a prisoner of ...
, Medal of Honor recipient for his service in World War II *
Warren C. Dockum Private Warren C. Dockum (January 1, 1844 – October 2, 1921) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Dockum received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle ...
, Medal of Honor recipient for service in the American Civil War. Buried in Pueblo * Drew Dennis Dix, Medal of Honor recipient for service in the Vietnam War *
Raymond G. Murphy Captain Raymond Gerald "Jerry" Murphy (January 14, 1930 – April 6, 2007) was the 39th United States Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Korean War. He was decorated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a White House ceremony o ...
, Medal of Honor recipient for service in the Korean War *
Carl L. Sitter Carl Leonard Sitter (December 2, 1922 – April 4, 2000) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and Korean War Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Marine Corps career He was born i ...
, Medal of Honor recipient for service in the Korean War *
Robert M. Stillman Robert M. Stillman (November 30, 1911 – May 22, 1991) was a major general in the United States Air Force. Biography Stillman was born Robert Morris Stillman in Greenville, Ohio, on November 30, 1911. He graduated from Central High School in ...
, U.S. Air Force general * Cathay Williams, first African-American woman to enlist in the United States Army, and the only person documented to have served while posing as a man


Business

*
Ed Beauvais Edward Raymond Beauvais (November 13, 1936September 28, 2021) was a business executive known for his contributions to the US airline industry. In a career spanning over 40 years, he founded three airlines including America West Airlines, which lat ...
, airline executive *
Jim Bishop James Alonzo Bishop (November 21, 1907 – July 26, 1987) was an American journalist and author who wrote the bestselling book ''The Day Lincoln was Shot''. Early life Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he dropped out of school after eighth grad ...
, creator of
Bishop Castle Bishop Castle is an "elaborate and intricate" "one-man project" named after its constructor, Jim Bishop, that has become a roadside attraction in central Colorado. The "castle" is located in south central Colorado on State Highway 165 in the ...
*
Nona L. Brooks Nona Lovell Brooks (March 22, 1861 – March 14, 1945), described as a "prophet of modern mystical Christianity", was a leader in the New Thought movement and a founder of the Church of Divine Science. Biography Brooks was born on March 22, 1861 ...
, leader in the
New Thought The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a spiritual movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from ...
movement and a founder of the Church of Divine Science *
Dan DeRose Daniel Eugene DeRose (born January 25, 1962) is a businessperson from Pueblo, Colorado. He is a member of the DeRose family. He owned the business DD Marketing,Charles Goodnight Charles Goodnight (March 5, 1836 – December 12, 1929), also known as Charlie Goodnight, was a rancher in the American West. In 1955, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Early ...
, legendary Texas cattleman, lived in Pueblo in the 1870s *
Benjamin Guggenheim Benjamin Guggenheim (October 26, 1865 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman. He died aboard when the ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. His body was never recovered. Early life Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, t ...
, businessman who lived in Pueblo from 1888 to 1894, perished aboard the '' Titanic'' in 1912 * David Packard, co-founder of
Hewlett-Packard The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components ...
computers, considered the "Father of Silicon Valley", Graduated from Pueblo Centennial High School * William Jackson Palmer, founder of
Colorado Fuel and Iron The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was a large steel conglomerate founded by the merger of previous business interests in 1892.Scamehorn, Chapter 1, "The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 1892-1903" page 10 By 1903 it was mainly owned and co ...
and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad


Arts

* Kent Haruf, novelist, born in Pueblo *
Dustin Hodge Dustin Hodge is an American television writer and producer. He is the founder of Hodge Productions, a Colorado media company. He is known for working on a variety of nonfiction content. His most notable works are as the showrunner for Little Brit ...
, television writer and producer, lives in Pueblo * Bat Masterson, newspaperman, former sheriff of South Pueblo *
John Meston John Lyman Meston (July 30, 1914March 24, 1979) was an American scriptwriter best known for co-creating with producer Norman Macdonnell the long-running Western series ''Gunsmoke''. He developed storylines and wrote radio scripts and teleplays f ...
, co-creator and script writer of CBS Western television series ''
Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character ...
'' *
E. J. Peaker Edra Jean Peaker (born 1942) is an American actress. Peaker is best known for her appearances in the movie ''Hello, Dolly! (film), Hello Dolly!'' and in the TV musical film, musical series ''That's Life (1968 TV series), That's Life''. Biogra ...
, actress, star of '' Hello Dolly'', graduated from Centennial High School in 1958 *
Blaine L. Reininger Blaine Leslie Reininger (born July 10, 1953 in Pueblo, Colorado) is an American post-punk, new-wave and alternative pop singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist (particularly violin), writer and performer. He is known for being a membe ...
, singer and musician of proto-punk and new wave, co-founder of Tuxedomoon *
Kelly Reno Kelly Reno (born June 19, 1966) is a former child actor, rancher, and trucker. At age 11, he was cast in the role of Alec Ramsey, the young boy who is marooned on a deserted island along with an Arabian horse, in ''The Black Stallion'' (based on t ...
, child actor in the 1979 film ''
The Black Stallion The Black Stallion, known as the Black or Shêtân, is the title character from author Walter Farley's bestselling series about the Arab stallion and his young owner, Alec Ramsay. The series chronicles the story of a Sheikh's prized stallion a ...
'' and its sequel * Charles Rocket, '' Saturday Night Live'' cast member, formerly a news anchor in Pueblo * Dan Rowan, star of '' Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'', lived in McClelland Orphanage in Pueblo and graduated from Pueblo Central High School * Damon Runyon, newspaperman and playwright; author of '' Guys and Dolls''. Mentioned Pueblo in many of his newspaper columns * Connie Sawyer, actress *
Rose Siggins Rose Marie Homan (December 8, 1972 – December 12, 2015), better known by her stage (and married) name Rose Siggins, was an American actress best known for her portrayal of Legless Suzi on '' American Horror Story: Freak Show''. Siggins was bor ...
, actress *
Lise Simms Elisabeth Caroline "Lise" Simms (born March 17, 1963) is an American actress, singer, designer and dancer. Biography Early life Simms was born in Pueblo, Colorado, to Bill and Jacque Simms, the sixth of nine children. In 1981, she graduated fr ...
, actress, singer, designer and dancer *
Margaret Tracey Margaret Tracey (born March 28, 1967) is an American ballet dancer and educator. She joined the New York City Ballet in 1986, was promoted principal dancer in 1991, and retired in 2002. She served as the director of the Boston Ballet School betwe ...
, ballet dancer and educator * Wanda Tuchock, writer, producer, film pioneer *
Mildred Cozzens Turner Mildred Josephine Cozzens Ewald Turner (February 23, 1897 – June 9, 1992) was an American composer, pianist, and singer who published her music under the name Mildred Cozzens Turner. Biography Turner was born in Pueblo, Colorado, to Harmon and ...
, composer *
Michael K. White Michael K. White (born July 4, 1961 in Pueblo, Colorado) is an American writer known mainly as being a founding member of the playwriting cooperative Broken Gopher Ink. For three decades Broken Gopher Ink's plays were performed not only in New ...
, writer * Grant Withers, Hollywood actor from the silent film era to the 1950s *
Ledger Wood Ledger Wood (September 4, 1901 – December 7, 1970) was a twentieth-century American philosopher. Life and career Wood received his doctorate from Cornell University in 1926 and was appointed assistant professor of philosophy at Princeton Unive ...
, philosopher


Sports

*
Dax Charles Dax Charles is a former NCAA Division II national champion wrestler and current wrestling coach at Colorado State University Pueblo. He has also been elected to the Division II Hall of Fame. In 1992, he became the first winner of a national champ ...
, Division II National Wrestling Champion competing for University of Southern Colorado now known as CSU Pueblo, CSU Pueblo wrestling coach *
Earl "Dutch" Clark Earl Harry "Dutch" Clark (October 11, 1906 – August 5, 1978), sometimes also known as the "Flying Dutchman" and the "Old Master", was an American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, and university athletic director. He gaine ...
, professional football player 1934–1938, charter member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, graduated from Pueblo Central High School * John Davis, Major League Baseball pitcher (1987–1990) *
Tony Falkenstein Anthony Joseph Falkenstein (February 16, 1915 – October 10, 1994) was an American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). Biography Falkenstein was born on February 16, 1915, in Pueblo, Colorado. He played at the college foot ...
, pro football fullback and quarterback *
Dave Feamster David Allan Feamster (born September 10, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 169 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks between 1982 and 1984. He was picked in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft ...
, ice hockey player who played for the Chicago Blackhawks and businessman *
John Gill John Gill may refer to: Sports *John Gill (cricketer) (1854–1888), New Zealand cricketer *John Gill (coach) (1898–1997), American football coach *John Gill (footballer, born 1903), English professional footballer *John Gill (American football) ...
, climber, father of modern bouldering; taught at University of Southern Colorado (CSU Pueblo) * Kimberly Kim, professional golfer, youngest player to win the
U.S. Women's Amateur The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). F ...
* Gary Knafelc, professional football player (1954–1963) *
Turk Lown Omar Joseph "Turk" Lown (May 30, 1924 – July 8, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of 11 seasons (1951–54, 1956–62) with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. The ...
, Major League Baseball pitcher (1951–1962) *
Bob McGraw Robert Emmett McGraw (April 10, 1895 – June 2, 1978) was an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Robins, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies. Biography McGraw was born on April 1 ...
, Major League Baseball pitcher (1917–1929), buried in Pueblo *
Tony Mendes Tony Mendes (born August 10, 1977) is an American former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding. Background Mendes was born in Reno, Nevada on August 10, 1977. He continued to live in Reno and then in Jensen, Utah. He is ...
,
PBR PBR may refer to: Science and technology * Passive bistatic radar * Partition boot record * Pebble bed reactor, a type of nuclear reactor * Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor, another name for translocator protein * Phosphorus bromide * Photobio ...
bull rider *
Joe Pannunzio Joseph Thomas Pannunzio (born July 4, 1959) is an American football coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. He is a former player and executive. He served as head football coach at Murray State University (MSU) from 2000 to 2005, compiling an overall ...
, college football administrator, player and coach. *
Frank Papish Frank Richard Papish (October 21, 1917 – August 30, 1965) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 149 games pitched, games in Major League Baseball, 64 as a starting pitcher, over six seasons as a member of the Chicago Whi ...
, Major League Baseball pitcher (1945 to 1950); deputy sheriff after his baseball career *
Ken Ramos Kenneth Cecil Ramos (June 6, 1967 – May 15, 2016) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros in its 1997 season. Listed at 6 foot 1 inch, 185 pounds, he batted and threw left handed.Marty Servo, boxing Welterweight Champion of the World, retired to Pueblo *
Kory Sperry Kory Kalani Kahaunaele Sperry (born April 10, 1985) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Colorado State. Early years He attended high school aPueblo County High Schoolin Pueblo, Colorado. Professional career ...
, NFL tight end; attended Pueblo County High School * Cedric Tillman, professional football player * George Zaharias, professional wrestler, husband of
Babe Didrikson Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer O ...


Infamous figures

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Joseph Arridy Joseph Arridy (; April 29, 1915 – January 6, 1939) was an American man who was falsely convicted and wrongfully executed for the 1936 rape and murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colorado. He was manipulated by the police to ...
, mentally disabled man wrongfully convicted of murder and rape; put to death in the 1930s; pardoned in 2010 as the first and only posthumous gubernatorial pardon in the state of Colorado. * Frank DeSimone, boss of the Los Angeles crime family, born in Pueblo * Edmund Kemper, serial killer who called police from a phone booth in Pueblo and turned himself in on April 25, 1973, after fleeing from California


Activists and organizers

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Las Madres de la Casa Verde Las Madres de la Casa Verde were a group of Chicana women in Pueblo, Colorado that formed to support the Chicano community in the lower eastside. They worked closely with other activist groups such as La Raza Unida and the Brown Berets. The origina ...
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Deborah Mora Espinosa Deborah Mora Espinosa (born 1951) is a Chicana activist in Colorado. She worked for History Colorado as the director of El Pueblo History Museum. Biography Early life Deborah Mora Espinosa was born in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1951 to parent ...
and Juan Espinosa *
Rita Martinez Rita Martinez () was a Chicana activist operating in Pueblo, Colorado. She is notable for her activism against the observance of Columbus Day in Colorado. Her efforts came to fruition in 2020, when Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill abol ...
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Charlene Garcia Simms Charlene Garcia Simms (born 1952) is a teacher-librarian from Garcia, Colorado. She and her husband founded El Escritorio Publishing which focuses on Southwest history and genealogy. Biography Charlene Garcia Simms grew up in Garcia, Colorado. She ...
, Genealogy and Special Collections librarian in Pueblo *
Velma Romero Roybal Velma may refer to: People * Velma Abbott (1929–1987), Canadian baseball player * Velma Barfield (1932–1984), American murderer * Velma Wayne Dawson (1912–2007), American puppet maker * Velma Demerson (1920-2019), Canadian woman imprison ...
, director of Grupo Folklórico del Pueblo * Louis "Lugs" Garcia and Delfina Garcia *
Carmen Arteaga ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...
, teacher and founder of the Chicana women's group, OmeXicana and a member of the Chicano Educators *
Ann Dominguez Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
* Judy Baca *
Carla Barela Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: * Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United * Carla Abe ...


Other

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John Brown John Brown most often refers to: *John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American who led an anti-slavery raid in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859 John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to: Academia * John Brown (educator) (1763–1842), Ir ...
, Mountain man, fur trapper, trader, resident of Pueblo in the 1840s. *
Mary Babnik Brown Mary Babnik Brown (November 22, 1907 – April 14, 1991) was an American who became known for having donated her hair to the United States military during World War II. long, her blonde hair had never been chemically treated or heated with curli ...
, donated her hair during World War II for the manufacture of hygrometers (hair falsely reported to have been used to make
Norden bombsight The Norden Mk. XV, known as the Norden M series in U.S. Army service, is a bombsight that was used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the United States Navy during World War II, and the United States Air Force in the Korean and t ...
s) *
Rick Edgeman Rick L. Edgeman (born 1954 in Pueblo, Colorado - USA) is an American statistician and quality professional, and Professor of Sustainability & Performance at AU Herning and in the Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture, at Aarhu ...
, American statistician and sustainability researcher, born 1954 in Pueblo, Colorado. *
Teresita Sandoval Maria Teresa "Teresita" Sandoval Suazo (1811–1894) 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 (Pueblo, Colorado), El Pueblo in the current city o ...
, one of the first women to live in Pueblo. She and her daughters married Anglo mountain men. *
Virginia Tighe Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
, housewife purported to have lived as an Irishwoman named Bridey Murphy in a previous life


Sister cities

Pueblo’s sister cities are:


In popular culture

* Pueblo as a frontier town is the setting for Louis L'Amour's 1981 Western novel ''Milo Talon''. * Many of the scenes in Terrence Malick's 1973 opus ''
Badlands Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded."Badlands" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 47. They are characterized by steep slopes, m ...
'' were filmed in and around Pueblo. The film was subsequently selected for preservation by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". * Pueblo and its Central High School is mentioned in Thomas Pynchon's 2006 historical novel '' Against the Day''. * '' Food Wars'', a series on cable television's Travel Channel, came to Pueblo to stage a contest between the Sunset Inn's and Gray's Coors Tavern's versions of the
slopper A slopper is a cheeseburger (or hamburger) served smothered in red chili or green chili or chili sauce. Sloppers generally include grilled buns and are often topped with freshly chopped onions and sometimes french fries. They are typically eaten ...
. The episode first aired in August 2010. * Pueblo is portrayed as the city where
MacGruber ''MacGruber'' was a recurring sketch on the NBC television series ''Saturday Night Live'', first appearing on the show in January 2007. The sketch is a parody of the 1985–1992 adventure series '' MacGyver''. The sketch stars Will Forte as spe ...
is laid to rest in 2000 in the 2010 film that bears his name. * The 1959 novel ''The Caretakers'' by author Dariel Telfer, along with its 1963 film adaptation, is based upon the author's experiences as an employee at the Colorado State Hospital in Pueblo. * In the ''
South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...
'' episode "
The Losing Edge "The Losing Edge" is the fifth episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series '' South Park'', and the 130th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 6, 2005. In ...
", Pueblo is one of the towns with which the South Park team competes. * Many of the Colorado and Kansas scenes of the 1983 film '' National Lampoon's Vacation'' were filmed in and around Pueblo. Highway 50 East of Pueblo is the site of Cousin Eddie's house and the hotel in "Creede" Colorado is actually near St. Mary Corwin Hospital. * The 1980s film ''Curse of the Blue Lights'' was set in Pueblo and was filmed on location. * '' Little Britches Rodeo'', a series on RFD-TV was filmed in Pueblo for the first 4 seasons. * During the 1970s and 1980s, the Government Printing Office ran numerous commercials on television asking people to write to Pueblo, Colorado, for their consumer information catalogs.


See also

* Colorado ** Bibliography of Colorado ** Index of Colorado-related articles **
Outline of Colorado The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Colorado: Colorado – 22nd most populous, the eighth most extensive, and the highest in average elevation of the 50 United States. Colorado ...
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List of places in Colorado A B C D E F G-O * List of places in Colorado G through O P-Z * List of places in Colorado P through Z References

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List of counties in Colorado The U.S. State of Colorado is divided into 64 counties. Two of these counties, the City and County of Broomfield and the City and County of Denver, have consolidated city and county governments. Denver serves as the state capital. Counties are ...
** List of municipalities in Colorado *
List of statistical areas in Colorado The U.S. state of Colorado has twenty-one statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States ...
** Front Range Urban Corridor **
South Central Colorado Urban Area 240px, An enlargeable map of the four-county South Central Colorado Urban Area The South Central Colorado Urban Area comprises the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Cañon City Micr ...
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Pueblo-Cañon City, CO Combined Statistical Area Pueblo () is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States Census, making Pueblo the ninth most populo ...
** Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area


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External links


City of Pueblo website
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CDOT map of the City of Pueblo

Pueblo Chamber of Commerce
* * {{authority control 1886 establishments in Colorado Cities in Pueblo County, Colorado Kansas populated places on the Arkansas River
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