Wilde, Colorado: Colonel York, the Bloody Benders, and West Point.
Wilde was founded by Colonel A.M. York from Fort Scott Kansas. The town, Wilde, Colorado is not Baca County. It was technically in Old Bent county or what is now…
Celebrating the Colorful History of Baca County Colorado
Wilde was founded by Colonel A.M. York from Fort Scott Kansas. The town, Wilde, Colorado is not Baca County. It was technically in Old Bent county or what is now…
The question that led to this blog was, “When did it (the old stone schoolhouse) become the Masonic Temple?” I couldn’t answer the question off the top of my noggin…
There are many connections between Lamar, Colorado and the 1886-1887 Boom towns of Southeast Colorado. If you have not familiarized yourself with those boom towns click here to see a…
Sam Konkel told us much about the first wave of settlement in the 1886-1887 time frame. In this article from the December 21 1917 issue of the Springfield Herald he…
"Nearly everything lives in a hole in the ground; the rattlesnakes, prairie dogs, owls, ground-squirrels, and even the people." -Letter from Joy Coy Colorado, 1916 Pritchett, Colorado lies in the…