The community is invited to hear the rich stories of longtime Ignacio resident Johnny Taylor Valdez’s family's deep roots in the local area from 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield.
Valdez is an expert on Southern Ute history and a descendant of Ute tribal leader Kitty Cloud and John Taylor. Taylor was a former enslaved person who served in the Civil War and went on to become a local Buffalo Soldier, land owner and tribal interpreter.
This program is part of History Live!, a series of events celebrating the humanities in September in Southwest Colorado.
For more information and a full list of History Live! events visit www.swcohumanities.org/.
For more information contact the library at 884-2222, ext. 1.
