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Names of Springfield Residents of 1889 Disclosed in Letter this Week…

  The names of those who lived in Springfield and community back in the year 1889 disclosed in a The Democrat-Herald (Springfield, Colorado) 25 Jan 1935. — clipping from the…

September 25, 2018

Sunrise in Southeast Colorado

Thought I would start posting a few Baca County Sunrises... Sunrise on the last day of the 2014 Baca County Fair, August 2, 2014 I shared a few of these…

January 31, 2015

How My Grandparents Met: by George Chatham

By George Chatham My Great-Uncle Elmer Chatham filed a "homestead" claim to 320 acres on South Horse Creek, located 7 1/2 miles north and 2 miles west of Springfield. That…

January 30, 2015

An Old Stone Schoolhouse in Springfield

I haven't had a lot of time to work on this lately but a conversation started which I wanted to quickly share.  Today I got an introduction from a comment…

January 24, 2015

Were the Dirty Thirties the Good Old Days?

Posted with permission of Gloria Jean. Original article appeared in the Huckaby Times (Cousin Newsletter), April 2004 On Sunday April 14th, 1935, the sun came up in a clear sky.…

November 4, 2014

More Tales of the Prairie: The Kar-Vu Drive In…An American Icon

A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles. Within…

September 9, 2014

Free Dust Bowl Teaching Resources

August 2018 NOTE: This resource will be updated extensively later this fall as I am currently preparing a resource "The Dust Bowl: The View from Ground Zero."  Stay tuned. Growing…

March 26, 2014

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  • Sam Konkel’s Map of Southeast Colorado Stagecoach Routes 1887-1889 – Baca County History on The Town Boom Years in Southeastern Colorado 1886-1889: A Map
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