Colorado Experience: Pueblo

[@thelonewolf2288]

Pueblo is a diamond in the rough. It has amazing potential and a mild winter climate. Voted numerous times as I recall over the years, as the best place or near best, to live in America. That is saying a lot. The history of Southern Colorado is truly astonishing. As an artist of Colorado, I love it, and I am so proud to be a native of our beautiful state.

[@antoinettewines7747]

The baseball team picture on the upper left 3 person in is my Dad Ben Gomez!! So surprised to see this picture and so so appreciative! He was 17 at the time!! Go Segundo Merchants!! Anyone else have or know who the others are??

[@woundedpawz]

what picture of the baseball team

[@dreed7312]

Pueblo needs to work on cleaning up their litter problem. Its demoralizing.

[@cameronpoe9331]

It's a shithole.

[@dreed7312]

First town in Colorado I came to and I knew if where I was headed looked like that I was moving right back home. Only a destination for amateur chemists and car stereo thieves. Lol that's a total exaggeration really but their fence lines are filled with wind driven plastic bags and drink cups, The entire city would have to take 2 days off to pick it all up.

[@leedavison7215]

@@cameronpoe9331 I agree with you all the way.

[@oodlesofhoes]

It's Pueblo... Fucking Pueblo man... If ya don't have a knife and a mountain dew, ya don't belong in Pueblo foo...

[@allmodescrew5548]

Pueblo has its problems to me it reminds me a smaller town feel then what it is like everyone know everyone and you could tell outsiders but man currently living here is pretty bad in the past like 4-5 months there’s been like 3 shootings resulting in death where I live (near the Pueblo mall) like I think it was on W 29th st I believe there was a guy that got killed in his car while driving by the car doctor

[@82566]

Colorado is beautiful, I feel a peace when we ride there .The million Dollar highway unbelievable 🥰

[@douglasdailey5998]

Pueblo also was part of the Spanish land grants, my house was part of those land grants and i have all the documents and names of all the people that own this property.

[@richardgettler]

My Grandma (Dads side) was half Ute, half Bask, in Pueblo. At school during recess the Teacher would draw a circle in the dirt & told. All you Mexicans stay in that circle during recess. Dads father was German, Spanish & Apache. The new Immigrants considered us foreigners. To this day, if one is Spanish & Indigenous, one is considered a non American. The Spanish were here over100 years before the first Dutch Pilgrim. Being Catholic, the Spanish married the Indigenous. The Metizo Race was born, over a Century before the first foreigners at Jamestown. How much things haven't changed. Richard W Gettler of San Pedro. Love ❤️

[@richiyoma1]

What up Pops? Thanks for the insight. We're descendants of the Archuleta family too.

[@purfield7393]

Proud Pueblo native 👍🏼

[@anwjuice]

I live by Longmont and have lived in Denver, Fort Collins and the Springs but Pueblo has so much culture. Love the green chilli burgers down there😋😋😋

[@anwjuice]

@Alan Horning you have one life to live and you want to worry about the past? People crack me up. It's blame whitey for everything

[@anwjuice]

@Alan Horning fwiw a native is anyone born anywhere. So a black baby born in Pueblo is a native just as much as Hispanic baby born in Pueblo. Just like How we are all natives to America because we was all born here. Who cares what happened in the past. Let me tell you something you might choose to not believe but hey atleats you will know every civilization and every people had great things about them and horrible things we cant understand. Instead of enjoying the present and eyeing the future you rather live in the past. A past you can't change.. if I had to wager you either a white hipster or white with 25 percent native american. Live in the present dude

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

@@anwjuice what the heck!!

[@rolfgeschwind2170]

Really enjoyed watching the video.

[@emera1750]

as an outsider this was very insightful I too came to Pueblo to work and make something of myself and the rustic historical past of Pueblo fills my head with pipe dreams of what this place could be to honor the rich history and cultures that started this place .

[@auagfinder6541]

Pueblo has contributed a lot to the world over the years. I was Born there, St. Mary-Corwin hospital 1955. Left 18 years later in 1973. Just in my high school class at Centennial, among the people in my circle, there are at least 5 patents(including taking a picture of a check to deposit in your bank acct), one Columbia law professor, one electrical engineer that helped NBC broadcast the Olympics, one high school athletic director/football coach honored by his high school as a member of their Hall of Fame, and one engineer/computer scientist that created much of the infrastructure that processes stock transactions in the blink of an eye. And that’s just what I know about. Pueblo has also produced: David Packard of Hewlett-Packard Damon Runyon -Sportswriter Dan Rowan of Rowan and Martin Morey Bernstein(pen name) who wrote “the Search for Bridey Murphy” FOUR!(4) Medal of Honor recipients(a huge number for a town of 80-100,000 people) Please add to this list if you know of other contributors

[@chrisromero5302]

I was born at Parkview Hospital in 1976

[@KM-wf9yx]

St Mary Corwin Hospital was bought out or merged with Penrose St Frances in Colorado Springs and now in the last couple of years has closed it's doors completely after a huge and very expensive expansion project and remodel? The whole hospital closed except for the Dorcy Cancer Center? The only hospital in Pueblo now is Parkview and it is stretched beyond it's limits? There was no real good reason for Corwin to close since it had done more than enough business in the ever expanding city of Pueblo and surrounding area? Something fishy is afoot?

[@Helltown66]

Pueblo is great if you like pit bulls, gangbangers and overly privileged Elites who are either unaware or apathetic to the shit hole that they're in.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

When I think of Damon Runyon, I hear Brooklyn accents and great comedic Noo Yawk stories. Who knew?? 😃

[@leedavison7215]

@@Helltown66 I agree with you it's a shit hole and it looked the best seeing it in the rear view mirror going south on I 25.

[@ObamAmerican48]

👈 Pueblo native, graduated from Central. Grew up on the southside by the fairgrounds. Moved away for several years at age 37, moved back age 53 to take care of elderly parents. Perspective of our city requires looking in from the outside. I'm proud of our many cultures, indigenous & 19th century Europeans (Latino, Germans, Italians, Irish, Bojons).

[@tobiasastaroth4368]

I miss my home town. Pueblo Grown and Raised

[@Helltown66]

@Lore Sogge no it was already ruined.

[@Helltown66]

@Lore Sogge no you're just a stupid conservative old man that blames all of Pueblo has problems on the Liberals. Pueblo was always a shithole full of shity people.

[@chickenman5477]

@@Helltown66 oh here we fucking go again

[@brobrian6666]

@@chickenman5477 ~ Yeah, heh heh. I dunno. I don't think that Pueblo has a Lib nor Conservative problem. They have a Heroin problem, and Heroin has no respect for such ideologies. That's right. Long ago, Pueblo established itself as a merchant hub, and still is to an extent. The only difference these days is that it's a major hub for Heroin transportation, and lots of it.

[@christinalovescolorado]

Born and raised in Pueblo. I never knew our history. Thanks for the video.

[@manny6685]

Thank you.

[@darkdan3379]

When American manufacturing comes back Southern Colorado will rise!

[@shhhhhh2777]

My family has been there since the beginning. My family is Native American and Spanish. Family from chihuahua, Durango Mexico and Jalisco. We are Pueblo Colorado ❤

[@darkzerox2555]

Born and raised here since '92. It definitely has problems that probably will never go away but at the same time its nice to not have so much overwhelming aspects like in Denver. I like to call Pueblo a "medium" size small town

[@nobrang5146]

Even though Pueblo is more diverse and industrialized than Denver

[@metalEric69]

Been here since 1969. I love the town…its just full of too many rude, inconsiderate people.

[@nataleesongs7259]

Pueblo is a good retirement city and I enjoy living here-lots of diversity and seems laid back

[@fishing4truth91]

A very interesting and informative documentary. From everything I've heard, I thought Pueblo was the arm pit of Colorado. But this program showed that Pueblo not only has a rich history, but was an important transportation and trading hub.

[@itzpro5951]

fishing4truth plus Pueblo has the only riverwalk in Colorado

[@Helltown66]

Despite its Rich history it's still a shithole I've lived there for most of my life trust me

[@carlasullivan3637]

It's the anus of Colorado. Colorado springs is the armpit.

[@carlasullivan3637]

@jimmy jimmy STFU

[@leedavison7215]

@@Helltown66 I agree

[@benmaier7169]

Great depiction love it!

[@Elev8.5280]

Thank you for this informative video

[@kenvaldez4653]

One word.....RUN!!

[@seventhson27]

The steel mill still operates as "CF&I, doing business as Rocky Mountain Steel." All steel produced is RECYCLED scrap iron using electric arc furnace. It produces railroad rails, oil well casing, and rolled rod. The output is over ONE MILLION TONS each year. In perspective a Nimitz Class aircraft carrier is about 1 hundred thousand tons.

[@davesontherocks9938]

Is that you phil?

[@quinnzabukovic6778]

Pueblo definitely has a rich cultural background

[@justinamarina3774]

Thank you for telling the history of Colorado.

[@ubomninomen7765]

I live in rust belt pa and hope to visit pueblo some day.

[@samuelelrod7421]

Don't go to colorado Springs or denver

[@metalEric69]

Try colo spgs instead…

[@rahkinrah1963]

Again - thank you RM PBS.

[@yunghanson2849]

Pueblo Colorado is my home town

[@kevinowen8155]

I always like Pueblo. It's a nice size City.

[@leedavison7215]

It's a good place to be from.

[@leedavison7215]

It's Colorado's murder capital and and your family won't think so after you get ambushed in a drive by shooting.

[@TheSmokersam]

@@leedavison7215 its a crazy city but i love it and wish i could just come back home. Idc how fucked that city gets i love it

[@Helltown66]

It's a good place if you like pit bulls and gang Bangerz

[@dylan-johnjohnstonrumsey8671]

My great grandmother is from Pueblo Colorado she was raised there and then moved to California in the 40s. Her family is native American

[@sevimturkel58]

Dylan John Johnston dylan. i like publo i live in pub.west. no cruam i like sherriff. .wery clean.. snow. birds. are wery cool. or to hig? iwas mary to one. ..peooel are difrint comper to texas... ilove puoblo. co. ✌🤙😅😅

[@elmarty4803]

Didn’t mention the Smaldone impact on pueblo.

[@itzpro5951]

Pueblo use to have a lot of Urban history but then destroyed it. Now most of its downtown is an empty lot which is better than a historic vibrant building right?

[@Helltown66]

The only people who defend it are privileged rich people

[@markdezuba]

No mention of organized crime families based in Pueblo.

[@ColoradoCarrolls]

Pueblo~ Welcome but keep your doors locked. Passing through? keep going but keep your heads low.

[@Cordova449]

Pueblo gets a bad rap sometimes. I'm proud to be from here.

[@badluckvincent739]

Lived in publo for 13 years well kinda

[@wayneakins7850]

Born in Pueblo I was

[@tonevallee9483]

It’s more then just cleaning the town up, Iv had to move away from home several times because Pueblo is a hard place to live. If your a free thinker the people here try to make you feel like your ideas are a mental illness. And when it comes to employment they make you feel like if your not in some type of pain, emotionally or physically the owners are not getting there money out of you. There is a power trip thru all aspects of this town. You can’t even drive around town without police harassment, this is not a joke, weigh the pros and cons before you decide to move or even visit our crime infested town!

[@nobrang5146]

Oh please, I visit Pueblo all the time and my uncle moved there from the Springs. Your comment is just BS

[@SabrinaMeShell]

@@nobrang5146 Actually, it's not. I live here.

[@brownbear7869]

Mexican Native American

[@carlasullivan3637]

And that is all I saw.

[@thebigflyingninja5242]

I lived in Pueblo since 1995 I am 28 now

[@anwjuice]

Pueblo where a mob boss can be found not guilty of murder because no one saw the bullet leave his gun lol

[@ObamAmerican48]

I know, right?!

[@spookyglamandhistorygirl310]

hahahah He is my ancestor Ol' Scotty

[@MrStrollerisme]

Dog patch? What about sticker park? Problem with Pueblo is the culture. I used to live out in Comanche. I remember the old honor farm and when the trains came in along the river. The steel mill was the largest west of the Mississippi. Pueblo has the east siders, north siders, west siders and south siders, all gangs.

[@shhhhhh2777]

Exactly what I remember. My grandpa owned some land in dog patch and I used to be terrified of the honor farm lol

[@metalEric69]

I grew up 100 yards from those tracks by the river and I’m still there

[@puprilla]

I roofed the city building downtown

[@rosavasquez1169]

pueblo rocks

[@LearnwithJanice]

Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸

[@Wahatoyas]

Anyone else born in Pueblo West ?

[@mreass22]

+TheBeaver50 no, there are little to no jobs here. The economy here sucks worse than most places, i would suggest colorado springs or one of the suburbs of denver, like auror, or thorton. The jobs that pueblo does have do not pay near what its worth and usually u have to know someone to get a job. I definitely would not suggest pueblo as a new home for you and your family... theres nothing to do here, pueblo has the highest liquor store and bar per capita than anywhere in the country, so u can imagine there are alot of drunks/ drinkers/ partiers.. its pretty much all we have except one week a year in august we get the state fair which is over priced

[@DakotaHammer]

Nah dude move to Cali you will have a whole new look on pueblo

[@KurtDNixon]

I would argue that Butte Montana has a higher bar per capita than Pueblo. My two cents.

[@GPSamaras]

You're probably right. Many of them have closed. There used to a high amount. Those guys are dying off and the youth isn't alcohol consumptive folks. So no demand.

[@patriciabutler1994]

What can be done?

[@carlasullivan3637]

Michael Estes this is true. No jobs, sky high rents and lots of crime. This town is a dead end. Lots of dispensaries tho .......

[@johnson8danny]

the Unions did great things for CF&I just look at it now.

[@oceandrew]

Yeah, always blame the workers for big industrial plants going under.

[@dandegenhardt967]

Debra Espinoza is a beautiful woman.

[@monicaolguin1858]

Wasn’t the land we call Luisiana purchase claimed by Spain at one time?

[@M10-i6b]

It was not claimed, it was part of Spain.

[@monicaolguin1858]

All of the American content was eventually claimed by European nations: Spain first, followed by England, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, France, etc

[@samuelromo8759]

Stop fighting no ww3

[@carlasullivan3637]

Puebio sucks now. Since rec pot was legalized housing costs have tripled. Crime is everywhere. Just a trashy town compared to other Colorado towns.

[@janlaird2651]

Nick Gur housing didn’t go up because of recreational weed it’s going up becouse of housing is so much higher in the rest of the state

[@joewarhammer4093]

You are correct.

[@Helltown66]

In case you haven't noticed weed is still illegal Nationwide and the only reason why Pueblo is affected like it is is because of more people being shoved in there due to the low cost of housing compared to the rest of Colorado when we was finally legalized. If it was legal Nationwide none of this would be an issue

[@chickenman5477]

Bruh i live near dog patch my boy

[@FrankSchmidberger]

I can't imagine the pain of taking a class from Rees

[@e.b.6144]

Pueblo and much of northern New Mexico is rich in Sephardic Jewish ancestry. Latinos, do yourself a solid by studying the Abrahamic meanings to your last names.

[@KM-wf9yx]

BS!

[@Red-hk9gb]

Kiowas are always left out, kinda sad considering they were just as deadly as Comanche just smaller.

[@dontfeedthemodelss]

Whew Chile the ghettooo

[@carlasullivan3637]

Its VERY ghetto.

[@teodorapoma-mh2is]

Me gustaría q lo tradujeran al español x q no entiendo

[@TheBeaver50]

My family is moving to Colorado this spring . we are considering , seriously considering Pueblo as our new home . Is pueblo a good place for a small family? Thank you for this video :)

[@TheBeaver50]

***** you give me not one reason ..I find it hard to take your opinion seriously .

[@TheBeaver50]

***** Thank you . ive been checking out rentals in Colorado for a while now . It seems everything in or around Denver is very high rent . We are looking for a 2 bedroom under 700(ish) a month . After we live there for a while and get employment then im sure we could pay more rent .

[@kidsnetsoft]

Pueblo has some great places to eat. However, you might consider Colorado Springs or the suburbs of Denver as Michael has mentioned. I would check out the schools.

[@TheBeaver50]

Ok after much research and consideration we have decided on moving to north Colorado springs area . seems more people , more jobs , public transpiration and better schools . Thank you people so much for your input :)

[@themadlad8540]

TheBeaver50 if your a liberal or from california please stay away.

[@MrTigerlore]

We call it, the Blo.

[@jorgebarranco8640]

What's the meaning of Colorado!!!!

[@jorgebarranco8640]

@Lore Sogge Wrong!!!!

[@alicehallam7949]

Colored red, or "ruddy-red." A lot of the ground on the Colorado plains is naturally red, from the natural red sandstone (it was originally formed as ocean sand sediment). The Colorado Rocky Mountains are, however, made up a diferent type of newer rock--various colors of decomposed granite, red, black, white, gray. It is referred to as decomposed because if you pick up a handful of loose granite it is lumpy with mostly small to medium-sized pebbles, and little leaf matter.

[@alicehallam7949]

@Lore Sogge You are correct.

[@jorgebarranco8640]

@@alicehallam7949 Wrong!!!

[@jorgebarranco8640]

@Lore Sogge Wrong!!!!

[@NoraTim-z1w]

Reed Haven

[@anthonydawnaguilar6345]

I remember when all the boxes of bodies started surfacing on the westside by the state hospital. I was raised in DOGPATCH and that lil community was richouse back then . MGMf...?

[@Brian_yeah_that_brian_Strang]

Whoop whoop.

[@JuniperVale]

[@elsakristian5713]

Lucky the girls from Canon City Highs School weren't around. They would have started taking off their clothes as soon as they saw the cameras.

[@mthewolf1095]

My friends use to go to Canon City to hook up with the girls there since they were so easy.

[@TheSmokersam]

@@mthewolf1095 i see not much has changed then. When i went to south high in pueblo most the homie hoppers we'd acquire were from canon city 😂

[@davidmayo3185]

the earth is 6,000 yrs old

[@monicaolguin1858]

???

[@JorgeGonzalez-bz1nx]

Pueblo was the Mexican border..!! 1836

[@levarmitchell3962]

Jorge Gonzalez Emphasis on "WAS".

[@arlisaustin620]

Lol...Mexicans

[@WebbElroy-j9r]

Wuckert Shore

[@TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no]

They sure liked busting pottery

[@cvalencia9847]

Yah people with money get history torn down and they get to have their name put on the new structures woo hoo a name so everyone will admire them. Psychology describes this as one of the main characteristics in narcissists woo hoo

[@Acer_Maximinus]

What is a yoot? lol

[@green4519]

Pueblo is what happens when you elect democrats

[@carlasullivan3637]

Came here for the weed, shitty lil town. Good dabs tho

[@chrisromero5302]

Nobody is forcing you to stay there. You can go back where you came from.

[@nickbryant2318]

Hey jimmy jimmy. I moved to your state for the good weed and the hiking. I work a job and pay bills like anyone else. The dabs are still just as good no matter what your attitude

[@joewarhammer4093]

It is a shithole dope (heroin) lazy people. Litter everywhere going to the east side it's like rod Sterling's twilight zone

[@e.b.6144]

@ K M, You ever hear of periods and paragraphs? You rambling door knob.

[@Helltown66]

The housing market is the only other good thing about it