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HUGE IRRIGATION PROJECT ABOUT TO START
Baca CountySoutheast ColoradoTwo Buttes

HUGE IRRIGATION PROJECT ABOUT TO START

August 10, 2022August 11, 2022
by Kent Brooks

The possibility of a dam on Two Buttes Creek had been discussed as early as the 1880’s by early settlers in the […]

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Sam Konkel: The Writer
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Sam Konkel: The Writer

January 6, 2022January 7, 2022
by Kent Brooks

Sam Konkel was the editor of one of the two Boston Colorado Newspapers, The Boston World (1886-1889) and later the Springfield Herald […]

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Prairie Cattle Company Incorporated 140 Years Ago Today
Baca CountySoutheast Colorado

Prairie Cattle Company Incorporated 140 Years Ago Today

December 29, 2020December 30, 2020
by Kent Brooks

Today is a day in history that may only matter to those of us in southeast Colorado, northeast New Mexico, the Oklahoma […]

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Baca CountyOld BostonOld WestpioneerSoutheast ColoradoSpringfield

The Digital Campfire of Social Media and How it Sparked a Book Project

February 3, 2018March 25, 2019
by Kent Brooks

Greetings from an unseasonably mild but windy Casper Wyoming.  I have a little bit of reflection and a couple of messages related […]

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Baca CountyOld BostonOld West

Tioga County

February 11, 2017
by Kent Brooks

The Springfield Herald had a regular series in 1918 called “Persons, Stories, and Incidents of Old Boston and the Old Days.”  The […]

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Baca CountyBroomcorn

The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Broom Industry

January 30, 2017September 9, 2020
by Kent Brooks

Rise and Fall of the US Broom Industry is an overview of the broom & broomcorn industries in the U.S.  The foundation […]

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Baca CountyPritchettSoutheast ColoradoSpringfield

Bear Tracks & Cactus Trees: More Info on Life in Early Baca County

October 4, 2015February 26, 2019
by Kent Brooks

Hi there!  I’m Heidi, Kent’s wife.  I swiped this blog for a minute so I could tell you about a great book […]

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Orville Ewing’s Travels:  The 1930’s
Baca CountySheriffSpringfield

Orville Ewing’s Travels: The 1930’s

November 20, 2014April 29, 2020
by Kent Brooks

I mentioned in a previous post the large number of Orville Ewing postcards available for sale online, but there are also over 300 […]

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Baca CountyPritchettSoutheast Colorado

Orville Ewing’s Postcards

March 26, 2014February 26, 2019
by Kent Brooks

I don’t live in Baca County Colorado anymore, but it is the place where I grew up and still call home. It […]

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