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Month: March 2019

Wilde, Colorado: Colonel York, the Bloody Benders, and West Point.

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…

March 25, 2019March 26, 2019
When did it the Old Stone Schoolhouse become the Masonic Temple?

When did it the Old Stone Schoolhouse become the Masonic Temple?

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…

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019
Boston, Lamar, & Sam Konkel’s “An Outlaw in Lamar”

Boston, Lamar, & Sam Konkel’s “An Outlaw in Lamar”

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…

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019
THE OLD SETTLEMENT AND THE NEW SETTLEMENT OF BACA COUNTY: by Sam Konkel

THE OLD SETTLEMENT AND THE NEW SETTLEMENT OF BACA COUNTY: by Sam Konkel

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…

March 11, 2019
Joy Coy, Colorado & the Coming of the Railroad

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 Coy Colorado, 1916 Pritchett, Colorado lies in the…

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019

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