"HON. ANTONIO D. ARCHULETA, ex-senator from Conejos and Archuleta Counties, was born in Taos, N. M., in 1855, a son of Jose Manuel Archuleta, who settled in Conejos County in 1855 and is still living there. The boyhood years of our subject were passed in Conejos County, where he remained until 1887. He then moved to Archuleta County and embarked in farming and stock-raising, becoming in time one of' the most extensive agriculturists of the county. On his ranch are from one to two hundred head of fine cattle. As a stock-raiser he has been unusually successful, and through his energy and business ability has become well-to-do. A stanch Republican, Mr. Archuleta is a friend and supporter of the McKinley administration and is one of the local leaders of his party. In 1886 he was elected a member of the first house of legislature of the newly admitted state and by re-election he served for two terms as the representative of Conejos and Costilla Counties. In 1883 he was elected to the state senate from Conejos County and served for four years. During the second year of his service he introduced the bill providing for the separation of Archuleta from Conejos County; it was his intention to name the new county Pagosa, but his friends in the Senate objected, and urged the adoption of Archuleta as the county name. The County was formed was formed April 14, 1885. Fraternally Mr. Archuleta is a member of Pagosa Camp No. 412, Woodmen of the World. In 1877, he married Lauriana Gallegos, by whom has one son, Daniel Ross."

Source: This article was published in "Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado" in 1899 by Chapman Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois.