THE SALAZAR LEGACY IN COLORADO
he farming and ranching families of Salazars in the San Luis Valley of Colorado trace their roots back to the 1700s. Just ask the current generation of Salazars, who know their lineage, including the birthdates of distant ancestors. The name Salazar (“Old Hall” in Castilian and Basque) originates from the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France. Salazars have been in the Americas since the mid-1500s. Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar de Espinosa (1508–1560) founded Asunción, the present-day capital of
