Butte City: 1886
Boston wasn’t quite the first in the east end as this part of Las Animas county as it was thencalled. Butte City […]
Indianapolis, Colorado – Est. 1887.
In the 1880s Americans were moving in droves to the Western frontier. Waves of migrants were inspired by the promises of cheap […]
Crop Prospects for Southeast Colorado in 1888
PERSONS Stories and Incidents of the Early Day East Enders Before Baca County became a county in the spring of 1889 it […]
Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #5b John Havens
As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up stakes […]
Offices of the Prairie Cattle Company
“The largest herd of cattle I ever saw was in the summer of 1888. It stretched north from the mouth of Leon […]
Growing Up in Baca County Episode 6, Part 2 – By John Havens
To write anything about Vilas and not mention my Uncle Tony Havens would be an affront to him. Through many years, when […]
An 1894 View of SE Colorado
I have seen small images of this map, and have wanted to see it up close as you never quite get the […]
The Story of Edler: by Wayne Collier – Part 2
I am again excited to push out part 2 of Wayne Collier’s “The Story of Edler,” It will be available here for […]
Joy Coy, Colorado & the Coming of the Railroad
“Nearly everything lives in a hole in the ground; the rattlesnakes, prairie dogs, owls, ground-squirrels, and even the people.” -Letter from Joy […]
An 1887 Letter from Judge Jennings
Many of you are familiar with Judge JDF Jennings who was Vice President of the Boston or Atlantis (Colorado) Town Company from […]