Historical Marker

Village of Questa

Side 1

This village was founded and abandoned several times between 1815 and the mid 1840s. The original name of the village was San Antonio del Rió Colorado, dedicated to Saint Anthony, the patron saint associated with the return of lost articles and missing persons. In 1883, its name was changed to Questa. The land was also originally home to Mouache and Capote bands of Ute Indians and was used as a hunting ground for many other nomadic tribes.

Side 2

Esta villa fué fundada y abandonada varias veces entre los años 1815 y mediados de 1840. Dedicada a San Antonio, el Santo patrón que devuelve las cosas y personas perdidas, el nombre original de la villa fué San Antonio del Rio Colorado. En 1883, su nombre fué cambiado a Questa. La tierra fué tambien originalmente el hogar de las bandas Mouache y Capote, de la tribu nativo Americana Ute, y fué usada como territorio de caza por muchas otras tríbus nómadas. .