The Pagosa Springs Sun May 3, 1946) Vincente Lujan, veteran cowboy and plainsman, died here at his home Sunday evening about 6 p.m. after an illness of six months. He was 87 years old. Mr. Lujan was a native of South Dakota where he was born in 1854. He came to Pagosa in 1891 and has been a resident here ever since. He spent his life as a cowboy and for 15 years worked for the well known Thatcher Cattle Co. in Texas, Nebraska, Kansas and the Dakotas. As a youth he worked on the Southern Pacific Railway when it first was built. His father was born in Spain and his mother was a member of the Sioux Tribe of Indians. He wa famed as a hunter and horse taker and bronc rider as a young man. Mr. Lujan is survived by his wife, Veneranda, two sons, Emilo and Vincente, Jr., three nieces in Pagosa Arlon, Semon and Sefia Garcia and mother, Willie Garcia of Grand Junction, Thirty six grandchildren and 19 nieces and nephews survive. Funeral services were held in Pagosa Springs Tuesday morning with mass in St. Edwards Catholic Church at 10. Burial was in Pagosa cemetery
The Pagosa Springs Sun May 3, 1946) Vincente Lujan, veteran cowboy and plainsman, died here at his home Sunday evening about 6 p.m. after an illness of six months. He was 87 years old. Mr. Lujan was a native of South Dakota where he was born in 1854. He came to Pagosa in 1891 and has been a resident here ever since. He spent his life as a cowboy and for 15 years worked for the well known Thatcher Cattle Co. in Texas, Nebraska, Kansas and the Dakotas. As a youth he worked on the Southern Pacific Railway when it first was built. His father was born in Spain and his mother was a member of the Sioux Tribe of Indians. He wa famed as a hunter and horse taker and bronc rider as a young man. Mr. Lujan is survived by his wife, Veneranda, two sons, Emilo and Vincente, Jr., three nieces in Pagosa Arlon, Semon and Sefia Garcia and mother, Willie Garcia of Grand Junction, Thirty six grandchildren and 19 nieces and nephews survive. Funeral services were held in Pagosa Springs Tuesday morning with mass in St. Edwards Catholic Church at 10. Burial was in Pagosa cemetery
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