The members of the
Alamosa Chapter NSDAR
Welcome you to this website!
We are located in
Alamosa, Colorado
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We look forward to meeting you and introducing you to who we are, what we do, how to join us, and resources to research your own family history, celebrate patriotism, champion education, and promote historic preservation.
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Any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence is eligible to join the DAR. She will be asked to provide documentation for each statement of birth, marriage, and death, as well as of the American Revolutionary War service of her patriot ancestor.
Are you interested in membership but don't live in or can't meet in the Alamosa area? That's okay! You can explore other chapters in Colorado by visiting this Colorado State Society DAR website or click here to be connected with a chapter that serves your community.
The Alamosa Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR) was organized January 31, 1927, by a group of interested women with Mrs. Herbert Allen Black, State Regent of the Society, as organizer. The Chapter received its charter March 10, 1927. On this charter were inscribed the names of the fourteen charter members: Jane Elizabeth Briggs Montgomery, Dorothy Fisher Cummings, Jessie Harrison Davis, Olive Skeel Foley, Genevieve Vanderhoof Linger, Nada D. Magee, Caroline Ada Stoddard Myers, Florence M. Ross, Ann Hamilton Shull, Vena Robinson Soule. Charter members elected as officers were: Caroline Davis Platt, regent; Mildred Lyman Day, recording secretary and corresponding secretary; Genevieve Morris Bennett, treasurer; Janet Brown Lantis, historian.
The name of the Alamosa Chapter is taken from the Spanish meaning "grove of the cotton woods." The streets of this 1878 town were lined with immense cottonwood trees which grew along the ditches on both sides of the streets. Both ditches and trees have long been gone, and the streets are now paved.
On January 5, 1806, Zebulon Pike reached his previous camp at the site of Canon City. As the horses were unable to travel and the supplies were meager, Pike decided to build here a blockhouse for deposit. Leaving two men in charge he set out with the remainder to the south seeking the Red River. After encountering great hardships they crossed the Sangre de Cristo Range and beheld "the broad San Luis Valley with the shining thread of the Rio Grande winding across its level floor." Toward this stream they turned and passing near the site of Alamosa, reached the Conejos River and encamped five miles above the mouth. Here they built a fort which became known as Pike's Stockade. This stockade, occupied by Pike and his men from February 1 to February 26, 1807, was within Spanish territory. The Spanish had 100 troops take Pike and his men into custody and conducted them to Santa Fe, and later Chihuahua, Mexico.
This fort was the first American structure built in the San Luis Valley. Monte Vista and Alamosa Chapters took part in the erection of a monument at the exact site and a flag pole was erected. One of the local projects of Alamosa Chapter is to work for the appropriation of funds to keep the Fort open and protected.
| Col. Albert H. Pfeiffer Grave Site Marker | 1931 (Rio Del Norte Chapter DAR) |
| Pioneer Millstones Marker | 1941 (Del Norte Chapter DAR) |
The following are the patriot ancestors of the current members of Alamosa Chapter NSDAR. American Revolutionary War patriots include signers of the Declaration of Independence, members of local and state militias, members of the Continental Army or Continental Navy, men and women who rendered other types of aid to the cause of independence, and those taking oaths of loyalty. Other included patriots are foreign soldiers who served the cause of American independence and Spanish soldiers serving in the presidios at Santa Fe, El Paso, and New Orleans. With a few exceptions, military service began with the Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775) and ended when the British evacuated New York (26 November 1783). Patriots may have also provided civil service, conducting public business in the newly formed American states.
If you have information that one of your ancestors may have aided the cause of freedom during the American Revolution, we may be able to help you establish your genealogical line for DAR membership. If you are interested in documenting your lineage and joining our chapter, or have any questions, please email the Alamosa Chapter Registrar.
| Name | Location | Service |
| Thomas Bean | Maryland | Soldier |
| Levi Bowen | Massachusetts | Ensign, Civil Service |
| Amos Chaffee | Massachusetts | Private |
| Asahel Gray | New York | Lieutenant |
| William Haynes | Virginia | Private |
| Micah Holbrook | Massachusetts | Private |
| Daniel Horton | North Carolina | Private |
| Joseph Irby | South Carolina | Private |
| Michael Loomis | Massachusetts | Lieutenant |
| William Milliken, Sr | North Carolina | Civil Service |
| Joseph Overholtzer | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Benjamin Tripp | Massachusetts | Lieutenant |
| Hugh Truesdale | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Ebenezer Webster | New Hampshire | Captain, Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| as of April 16, 2018 | ||
