A Cowboy and His Castle

Collage featuring a historic building, vintage portraits of a couple, a postmaster plaque, a log cabin photo, and an interior view with stained glass windows and curved staircase.

Alonzo Hartman — or Lon as they called him — came to Los Pinos Agency south of what is now the town of Gunnison on Christmas Day 1872. He worked the remote cow camp around the area. A strong and dashing young man, he fell in love with that remote campsite in the Gunnison Valley. […]