Pueblo Community Information

The beautiful country along the banks of the Arkansas River that is now known as Pueblo (after the Spanish word meaning"village"), was campsite to Native Americans for thousands of years, until 1842. It was then that the trading center Fort Pueblo was established. As gold was discovered in Colorado, Fort Pueblo became an important stop for miners, and eventually became an industrial center for smelters to process raw ore into precious metals and steel. This industry created jobs, for which people came from across the country to fill. Pueblo became a city in 1870 and is made up of four separate towns: Pueblo, South Pueblo, Central Pueblo and Bessemer.

Today, Pueblo is a bustling city of 103,400 people. The city maintains 110 parks, four municipal swimming pools, 2 golf courses, and 22 miles of bicyling/walking trails along the Arkansas and Fountain Rivers. Pueblo is also home to Colorado State University - Pueblo.

Calender of Events
Month	Events
January	• Festival Fridays • Pueblo Symphony • Town & Gown series
February	• YWCA Chocolate Indulgence • Town & Gown series
March	• Town & Gown series • Pueblo Symphony • Rosemount Victorian Easter Egg Hunt
April	• Pueblo Home Builders Home & Garden Show • Sangre de Cristo Ballet Theatre
May	• Cinco De Mayo Celebration • EXPO - Pueblo Chamber of Commerce Trade Show • Teddy Bear Picnic at the Zoo • Annual Bluegrass on the River Festival
June	• "B" Street Bashes • Zoofair • NSRA Rocky Mountain Street Rod Nationals
July	• Colorado Music Fest • Festival Fridays • Friday Nights Wild • Annual Rolling River Raft Race & Dance
August	• Festival Fridays • Kampout With the Kritters • Stomp On at Rosemount • Fiesta Day Parade • Colorado State Fair
September	• Senior Safari • Chile & Frijole Festival
October	• Nature Center Annual Halloween Spook Trails • Zoo Boo
November	• Holiday Craft Shows • Parade of Lights • Christmas at Rosemount
December	• Beulah Yule Log Festival • A Pueblo Christmas • Electricritters Light Display • Christmas Gallery Tours • The Nutcracker

Pueblo's Weather
275 days of sunshine per year
Average Annual Precipitation: 11.91 inches
Average Annual Snowfall: 31 inches
Month	High/Low	Precipitation
January	45.5°/14.7°	0.3"
February	50.9°/18.5°	0.2"
March	58.2°/26.6°	0.9"
April	66.4°/36.9°	1.4"
May	75.8°/44.6°	1.7"
June	87.1°/54.0°	1.3"
July	91.1°/61.6°	2.1"
August	89.9°/58.3°	2.2"
September	82.0°/48.9°	0.9"
October	67.9°/37.7°	0.6"
November	55.7°/23.6°	0.6"
December	47.5°/16.7°	0.4"

Pueblo Facts

The City of Pueblo is also known as "America's Home of Heroes", as was proclaimed by the City Council in 1993. Pueblo is the only city in America to be hometown to four living recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor - Drew D. Dix, Raymond G. Murphy, William J. Crawford, and Carl L. Sitter. The Medal of Honor is the highest military award that can be bestowed upon a member of the United States Armed Forces. President Dwight D. Eisenhower upon presenting Raymond G. "Jerry" Murphy with his Medal in 1953 commented, "What is it...something in the water out there in Pueblo? All you guys turn out to be heroes!".

Pueblo was formerly one of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States and is still home to Rocky Mountain Steel Mills. It is now home to a number of electronics and aviation companies.

Damon Runyon was born in Pueblo where Runyon Field and Runyon Lake are named after him. He was a third-generation newspaperman, and started in the trade under his father in Pueblo. Runyon moved to New York City in 1910 where he frequently contributed sports poems to the New York American on boxing and baseball themes, and also wrote numerous short stories and essays. The musical Guys and Dolls and the play Little Miss Marker grew from his short stories.