Cortez Colorado
Located in the southwest corner of Colorado, Cortez is where the majestic mountains meet the glorious desert.
Coordinates37°20'57″N 108°34'45″W
Area 5.5 sq mi
Elevation 6,191 ft
Pop (2000) 7.977
Density 1,450/sq mi.
The City of Cortez is the county seat and the most populous city of Montezuma County, Colorado. It is a local commercial center whose economy is heavily based on tourism.
Mesa Verde National Park, situated southeast of Cortez, features a large grouping of old Indian cliff dwellings. To the west is the San Juan National Forest, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation and the Navajo Indian Reservation.
The racial makeup of the city in 2000 was 80% White, 13 % Hispanic, and 10% Native American (don’t get the math).
There were 3,209 households and the population was spread out with the median age of 36 years. The median income for a family was $35,533 with about 15% of families below the poverty line.
There are four wards (LDS congregations) in Cortez and two chapels.
Colorado Fun Facts
Nickname: The Centennial State. It was admitted to the Union in 1876.
Official language: English
Demonym: Coloradan
Motto: "Nothing without Providence"
Unofficial Slogan: "Colorful Colorado"
State Mammal: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
State Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine
The state is almost uniformly Christians. Colorado, specifically the city of Colorado Springs, serves as the headquarters of numerous Christian groups, most of them Protestant. Catholicism is popular among many Coloradans, and is becoming more so with the influx of Latino immigrants. Major religious affiliations of the people of Colorado are:
Protestant-44% (Evangelical-23%, Mainline-19%, Other-2 %)
Roman Catholic - 19%, LDS/Mormon - 2%, Jewish - 2%, Muslim - 1%
Elder Jake Buhler
Mission Home Mailing Address
Elder Jake Buhler
New Mexico Farmington Mission
400 West Apache St.
Farmington, NM 87401
Formerly in the New Mexico Albuquerque Mission
New Mexico Farmington Mission
400 West Apache St.
Farmington, NM 87401
Formerly in the New Mexico Albuquerque Mission
Albuquerque, NM Temple
Chaco Canyon
Areas Served In
- Crownpoint, NM Branch
- Star Heights Ward, Rio Ranch, NM
- Sandia & Eubank YSA Wards, Albq., NM
- Haines Ward, Albq., NM
- Edgewood Ward, NM
- Farmington 1 & 3 Wards, NM
- Indian School Ward, Albq., NM
- Cortez 2 & Mancos Wards, CO
Companions
- Elder Borup-- Tremonton, UT
- Elder Gregson-- Alberta, Canada
- Elder Bigler-- Vanderhoof, B.C. Canada
- Elder Pahulu--Palm Beach, FL
- Elder Smith-- Salt Lake City, UT
- Elder Smith-- Buena Vista, VA
- Elder Tuttle-- Riverton, UT
- Elder BC Thompson-- Syracuse, UT
- Elder Hullinger-- ID
- Elder Cooper-- Salem, OR
- Elder Proskine-- ID
- Elder Condie-- Delaware
- Elder Buchanan --Morgan, UT
- Elder Besler-- SLC, UT
- Elder Smith (MTC) South Jordan, UT
Elder Buhler's Mission Bounds
Central and northern New Mexico, southwest Colorado
New Mexico State Flag
The yellow field and red symbol colors are the colors of Spain. First brought to New Mexico by Spanish explorers in 1540. On New Mexico's flag we see a red sun with rays streching out from it. There are four groups of rays with four rays in each group. This is an ancient sun symbol of a Native American people called the Zia. The Zia believed that the giver of all good gave them gifts in groups of four. These gifts are:
The four directions - north, east, south and west.
The four seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter.
The day - sunrise, noon, evening and night.
Life itself - childhood, youth, middle years and old age.
All of these are bound by a circle of life and love, without a beginning or end.
The four directions - north, east, south and west.
The four seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter.
The day - sunrise, noon, evening and night.
Life itself - childhood, youth, middle years and old age.
All of these are bound by a circle of life and love, without a beginning or end.
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