Trinidad History Museum
Baca House ~ Bloom Mansion ~ Santa Fe Trail Museum
Historic Gardens ~ Bookstore ~ Information Center
Post Office Box 377 ~ Trinidad, Colorado 81082
Phone 719-846-7217
A property of the Colorado Historical Society
www.coloradohistory.org

NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT: Paula Manini, 846-7217
August 22, 2005

Anne Lucero to Sign Book about Trujillo Creek

Trinidad, Colorado—Anne Lucero will sign her book “Trujillo Creek in Early Days” at the Trinidad History Museum Bookstore on Saturday, September 10, from 11:00 am-1:00 pm. The store is located at 312 E. Main Street.
Lucero’s great-grandfather’s antique books, in which he recorded family history, inspired her to learn more about her family and life during pioneer days. She consulted historical documents to help piece together the stories of the men and women who had settled in the shadow of the Spanish Peaks.
The favorite part of her research, however, was fireside chats with elderly residents during the winter. “Dim eyes glowed and twinkled as my senior friends and relatives relived days of another era. Their memories sharpened, and like pages of my great-grandfather’s leather bound books, the past became alive again,” she writes in the book.
Lucero first published “Trujillo Creek in Early Days” in 1976 and had it reprinted in 1984. After it had been out of print for several years, she printed a third edition this summer in conjunction with the Vigil family reunion. The Vigil family presented Lucero with an award because her research had rekindled so much interest in their own family’s history.
The Trinidad Historical Society has presented Lucero with the Centennial Citizen Award and the Colorado Historical Society has designated her property in Trujillo Creek as a Centennial Farm.
Lucero previously taught in schools in Las Animas County and Pueblo and had a business, Evergreen, making natural flower arrangements. She and her husband Lucas have one son, Gordon, and two grandchildren.
For more information, call the Trinidad History Museum, which is a property of the Colorado Historical Society, at 719-846-7217.

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