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Month: June 2017

Bringing Faith to a Mammoth Sized County: The Story of Lay’s Chapel

Baca County Colorado is an expanse of prairie in Southeast Colorado that has at various times in its history has been known as the heart of the 1930’s Dust Bowl…

June 11, 2017
Ruts of the Santa Fe Trail: The Aubry Trail Cut Off — By Jim Womack

Ruts of the Santa Fe Trail: The Aubry Trail Cut Off — By Jim Womack

Special thanks to Jim Womack for sharing spectacular photos as well as the following about the historical Santa Fe Trail  which passed through Baca County: One of the few remaining…

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