Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
El Pueblo History Museum unveiled its newest exhibit, “Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History,” this Martin Luther King Junior Day.
Part of the exhibit features the McCulley family, which owns Angelus Chapel, a local funeral home in Pueblo. Established in 1921 as Jones Mortuary, it served as the only funeral home that served Black and Hispanic people in Pueblo. The Jones family arrived in Pueblo after the Great Pueblo Flood in 1921 and served Black and Hispanic Puebloans whose family members died in the flood when other funeral homes refused.
El Pueblo History Museum unveiled its newest exhibit, “Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History,” this Martin Luther King Junior Day.
Part of the exhibit features the McCulley family, which owns Angelus Chapel, a local funeral home in Pueblo. Established in 1921 as Jones Mortuary, it served as the only funeral home that served Black and Hispanic people in Pueblo. The Jones family arrived in Pueblo after the Great Pueblo Flood in 1921 and served Black and Hispanic Puebloans whose family members died in the flood when other funeral homes refused.
