Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area

One Book Watch Party ~ Hello Neighbor

Sunday, May 7, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Monday, May 8, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Friday, May 12, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Sunday, May 14, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Monday, May 15, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
  • Virtual Event -- Access Info Below
Connecting the National Heritage Areas surrounding the San Luis Valley profiled in Ted Conover's "Cheap Land Colorado"

Three National Heritage Areas together released this documentary that explores the historical and cultural connections between their areas in three states. Hello Neighbor premiered in 2019 in Manassa, Colorado, a town whose history embodies the story of the San Luis Valley as a multicultural crossroads along the Old Spanish Trail.

The Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in Colorado, Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area in New Mexico and Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area in Utah collaborated on this 30-minute film that features interviews with residents of the San Luis Valley and touches on many aspects of the area’s history. That includes the remarkable sequence of events that ties together the history of three NHAs involved: an encounter in New Mexico that led a Hispanic resident of Colorado to aid Mormon settlers from Utah when they arrived in the San Luis Valley in the 1870s. Hello Neighbor also addresses the racial, linguistic, and religious conflicts that arose between various cultures in the valley, as well as the longstanding battle of water. Ultimately, the documentary shows that when the peoples of the San Luis Valley have overcome their cultural differences to foster a spirit of cooperation and natural resource conservation, their communities have been able not only to survive, but to flourish.

Access the 30-minute film at the link above.

One Book Steamboat

This is a featured event to enhance the ONE BOOK STEAMBOAT community reading of Ted Conover's Cheap Land Colorado.