Journal 60: Wheels of Change: The Truck That Drove Cuchara’s Future

Picture a rugged one-ton Ford Model TT rolling across the plains in 1925. Its wooden sides shouting painted promises of “cool mountain air,”  “no mosquitoes,” and “a place for a summer home.” It wasn’t just hauling cargo; it was carrying a dream. Behind the wheel sat George A. Mayes of Cuchara Camps, a man who turned his quest for health into a mission to share the mountain life he’d found.