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Casimiro Barela

by Alejandro Hernández on June 21, 2019

View of Colorado Senator Casimiro Barela's country home in El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a house with gabled roofs and an small cabin. Men and women pose near the house and near horse drawn carriages. Senator Barela poses right center with an unidentified woman.

Damiana and Casimiro Barela

Hispanic American Damiana Rivera de Barela, wife of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, poses for a portrait in an embroidered cape trimmed in fur and a hat decorated with feathers, a bow and a veil. She wears a pin in the shape of a cross.

Studio portrait of Damiana Rivera de Barela. wife of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela. She wears a black lace dress with a high neck, pearl earrings and her hair pulled back and waved.

Group portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela, their daughters and grandchildren on the porch of their house (Rancho de Rivera) in Rivera (Las Animas County), Colorado. Senator Barela holds an unidentified grandchild and his wife stand beside him with her hands on the shoulders of a young girl.

Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator from Las Animas County, Colorado, Casimiro Barela and his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela. Senator Barela wears a suit with an oversized celluloid collar and necktie. He has a trimmed, gray mustache and his graying hair is combed straight back. His wife, Damiana, wears a dress with a light colored insert and a high, lace collar. She has on diamond earrings and a pin with a pendant and her gray hair is combed back and parted in the middle.

A group of men and women stand on the steps and the porch of a house in probably Mexico City, Mexico. Standing bottom left is José Jesús Córdova, County Commissioner for Las Animas County Colorado, he wears a suit, vest and tie and has his hand in his vest. he has a full mustache. Center on the first step is Colorado State Senator and Mexican Consul Casimiro Barela. The elderly Senator Barela wears a suit vest and tie and holds a hat. He has gray hair and a mustache.

Studio portrait of Casimiro Barela, Colorado state senator for over 37 years. He poses in a suit with a morning coat and wears a top hat, a tie and stick pin and holds a walking cane with a decorated metal top. He has gray hair and a full, trimmed mustache.

Outdoor group portrait of the family of Casimiro Barela, Colorado State Senator at El Moro (Las Animas County), his home near Trinidad, Colorado. Shows well dressed men, women and children. Senator Barela, his wife Damiana and daughters are center, front row.

Studio portrait of Hispanic American Major Rafael Chacón and his wife Juanita Páiz de Chacón. Major Chacón served in the U.S. Army in New Mexico during the Civil War. He wears a uniform and has a mustache, his wife wears a long dress with a full skirt, decorated with cut velvet and lace. Her hair is parted in the middle and worn back in braids. After his retirement from the military, Major Chacón moved to Trinidad, Colorado, where he served as Las Animas County Treasurer and Sheriff.

Political cartoon of State Senator Casimiro Barela with a studio portrait inset. The cartoon shows Senator Barela shaking hands with an unidentified senator near his desk. His desk has vases of flowers and letters that read: "Casimiro Barela Fourth District." The photo inset shows Senator Barela with a jacket, upright collar and bow tie, he wears a full, waxed mustache. Letters under the photo read:"Senator Casimiro Barela."

Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a tie and stickpin and an upright wing collar. He has a full, bushy mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.

Studio portrait of Sofía Barela Lucero, the adopted daughter of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela. She wears a lace blouse and a religious medal.

Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a bow tie and an upright collar. He has a full, waxed mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.

People pose on the porch of Senator Casimiro Barela's house in probably Barela (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a cross gabled adobe house with a covered porch, wood and wire fence and out buildings.

Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera Barela and daughter

Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela from Rivera (Las Animas County), Colorado, made on the occasion of his 64th birthday. Senator Barela wears a jacket with piping, a bow tie and upright collar, He has a full, waxed mustache.

Poster shows photo vignettes of members of the Colorado Fifteenth General Assembly. "Senators," "members of the "House of Representative 1905-1906," "Lieut. Gov. Arthur Cornworth," and "Three Governors in 24 Hours : Alva Adams, Ex. Gov, Jesse McDonald, Gov. [and] James H. Peabody, Ex.Gov." Casimiro Barela, State Senator from Las Animas County is at the top of the poster.

Senators, who include Senator Casimiro Barela (right rear), pose in the Colorado State Assembly Senate Chamber in Denver, Colorado. Show men at their desks, boy pages and probably the President of the Senate who sits at an elevated desk.

United States and Mexico 1838

1880 Barela Homestead Patent (Courtesy Bureau of Land Management)

Town of Barela

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