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by admin | November, 21 2023

Provided by Ryan Cavazos and Claudia Henning

In the wake of a spirited electoral process, we bring you an overview of the November 7th, 2023 election results for Las Animas County and the City of Trinidad. The citizens have spoken, and their votes will shape the landscape of local governance. This off-cycle voter turnout came in at just under 48% with 5033 votes cast out of 10,582 total registered voters.

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by Deb Johnson | September, 15 2023

As I move forward with new volunteer opportunities, I am excited to introduce John Gerald as the new Chairperson for the Communications Committee. John and his wife, Jean, moved to SFTR a year ago from Houston Texas and are so happy to be here in this wonderful area of Colorado.

In asking John a bit about his history, he shared the following:

  • As a seasoned IT professional with over 40 years of experience in the industry. I…
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by Claudia Henning | November, 15 2022

The Fall SFTR Dinner was attended by the highest number of ranchers to date! It couldn’t have happened without the amazing volunteers of the Women’s Group (WG).  Discussions regarding food and themes started back in August with “Chuck Wagon on SFTR” being the…

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by Ernest Parker | September, 23 2022

Introduction by Carol Rawle

Back in the very early history of the Communications Committee, while we were trying our darndest to develop a web site, we had to make do with a paper newsletter called THE RANCH REVIEW. One of the regular features was "Profiles in Ranch History" where we featured someone who had made an important contribution to our ranch. Two of the articles…

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by admin | June, 30 2022

As of 6/30/2022, the ONLY valid mailing address for payments to and correspondence with the Santa Fe Trail Ranch Property Owner's Association is:

SFTR POA
33712 Mountain View Dr
Trinidad, CO 81082

The previous P.O, Box has been closed, so please ignore any reference to it in documents on this website.

Our volunteers are working to update those…

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by Carol Smith | May, 3 2022

A Special POA Board meeting was held Tuesday, July 13, 2021 for the purpose of discussing in executive session, legal advise given concerning a lawsuit filed against SFTR. See the minutes at Special POA Board Meeting - 13 July 2021 for details.

UPDATED 28 July 2021…

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by admin | November, 8 2020

Ever wonder what it was like back in the earlier days of SFTR?

This 52-page PDF contains part 1 of a 2 part compilation of issues of The Bare Facts, an SFTR newsletter published by Joyce Wolff and other volunteers from April 1997 to February 1999. See part 2 for the remaining issues.

Thanks to Michael Hughes and Pat Roehl for keeping this part of SFTR history alive.

by admin | November, 7 2020

Ever wonder what it was like back in the earlier days of SFTR?

This 41-page PDF contains part 2 of a 2 part compilation of issues of The Bare Facts, an SFTR newsletter published by Joyce Wolff and other volunteers from April 1997 to February 1999. See part 1 for the remaining issues.

Thanks to Michael Hughes and Pat Roehl for keeping this part of SFTR history alive. 

by admin | October, 15 2020

This article was written by Linda Brown (ex-Common Area Committee Chair, Board Member, and neighbor) to provide some background on the continuing dumpster / bear issues.

by admin | October, 2 2020

The following doocument was written by Bob Scott for the property owners in 2007.


 

SANTA FE TRAIL RANCH MINERAL RIGHTS

OWNERSHIP AND STATUS AS OF 23 APR 07

 

There have been and continue to be numerous questions, misunderstandings, and misgivings about the…

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