Pueblo West - One Man's Dream

Pueblo West was conceived in 1969 by forward-thinking developer Robert P. McCulloch, whose name still graces one of the community's main boulevards. Purchasing 49 square miles of ranch land, McCulloch began building what it now known as Pueblo West. Although the area caught on slowly, it began growing swiftly in the 1990s. The area has gone from 4,500 to over 24,000 residents in just a few years. Mr. McCulloch was born on May 11, 1911 in Milwaukee Wisconsin.  Due to his grandfather's savvy investments in several of Thomas Edison's inventions and in the creation of Milwaukee's public utility system, the family was well off financially.  Mr. McCulloch inherited his grandfather's fortune at an early age and went on to enroll at Princeton at the age of 18. The following year he transferred to Stanford, where he graduated with a degree in engineering and a passion for boat racing.  His first business venture was the McCulloch Engineering Company, which built racing motors and superchargers. It was while searching in 1964 for a good location to test high performance outboard motors that he ran across a desert lake named Lake Havasu in Arizona.  The lake, a nearby airstrip and the warm weather led him to envision a bustling city and thousands of people. Hence, Lake  Havasu City, AZ was born.  Many remember Mr. McCulloch's famous $2.46 million purchase of the famed London Bridge, which he pictured as the perfect addition to his new dream. Brought piece by piece over thousands of miles, the bridge was rebuilt in Lake Havasu City with the Mayor of London present to lay the first cornerstone. This was to be the first of his developments born of his vision. In 1969, Mr. McCullough envisioned another community - Pueblo West. From the beginning, Pueblo West was never meant to be strictly a residential development.  McCulloch, who had married into the Briggs, Stratton family and who had already founded another city, set aside much of the land north of U.S. 50 for industrial use and for a planned airport he wanted to use to bring in prospective residents. In 1985, McCulloch's MCO Properties hired Bill Hacker, the former state economic development director, to attract industry to Pueblo. Using the same strategy that Pueblo used in its airport industrial park, Hacker offered free land and an attractive package of incentives from the state. MCO continued to offer free land to its prospects and the metropolitan district followed the same approach after taking title to MCO's property in 1992. Several of the lots located north of US. Hwy 50 have been given to manufacturers and other commercial users, and the metropolitan district used a federal grant to improve rail service there. With wide open spaces and housing and land prices still lower than they are in neighboring Pueblo, Pueblo West remains an attractive, diverse community with housing options ranging from manufactured homes, apartment complexes and duplexes, to mid-range single family homes and multi-million dollar estates. The commercially zoned property includes areas for retail, office, and light manufacturing. McCulloch's master plan for the community, designed to accommodate 60,000 residents, continues to form the blueprint of Pueblo West.

The Scaled Quail sometimes referred to as blue quail, cotton top quail, or scaled partridge, is a small quail about 10-12 inches in length. Generally seed eaters, Scaled quail, usually seed eaters, tend to feed early in the morning and late in the evening. Young plant shoots are also part of the quail´s diet - a vital source of moisture and important to quail preparing for the breeding season.


The pronghorn antelope, sometimes referred to as the "prairie ghost" is found only on the Great Plains in the western part of the United States, including Colorado and New Mexico.  Smaller than the white-tailed deer, about the size of a goat, the mature buck weighs from 100 to 130 pounds while the female weighs in at 75 to 100 pounds. Their coat is light brown with white underneath.


The bald eagle is the only eagle unique to North America. Found all over North America, from Alaska and Canada down to northern Mexico, the bald eagle may also be seen in Pueblo West and the nearby Pueblo Reservoir. Bald eagles can have a wing span of up to 8 feet and weigh up to 15 pounds. Bald eagles are monogamous and remain faithful to their mate for life.