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The first people to enter the Valley were Nomadic Hunters
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Don Diego was the first known European to enter the San Luis Valley
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The early Native Tribes knew the land when the Spanish came.
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The first known writing were by Zebulon Pike
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You can see the old Spanish trail. A part of the diverse cultural heritage.
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Herbert Hoover signs a proclamation to make this a national monument.
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American Water Development incorporated got the rights to pump 200,00 acre feet of the water per year.
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The court then dismisses the right for the AWDI to pump water from the great sand dunes.
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congress pays $3.5 million dollars for the baca ranch.
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This is the year that the bill moved forward from a national monument to a national park.
