Growing Up In Baca County Part 8 By John Havens
Even though I have spent over 60 years in the ministry, there was little or no place for any church in my early childhood. It wasn’t until we moved from…
Offices of the Prairie Cattle Company
"The largest herd of cattle I ever saw was in the summer of 1888. It stretched north from the mouth of Leon Creek, 25 miles southwest of the present Clayton…
Growing up in Baca County Part 7 By John Havens
I read once of a tourist who was traveling through the country and realizing he needed gas he stopped at a very small village to fill up with gas. While…
Growing Up in Baca County Episode 6, Part 2 – By John Havens
To write anything about Vilas and not mention my Uncle Tony Havens would be an affront to him. Through many years, when I have met people and told them I…
An 1894 View of SE Colorado
I have seen small images of this map, and have wanted to see it up close as you never quite get the quality of actually looking at the map. I…
Baca County & the Deep Harbor Conventions of the Late 1880s & Early 1890s
This piece provides an answer to a note in the upcoming Plainsman Herald Piece by Mark Schmidt on the first twelve years of Baca County Commissioner minutes in which he…
Growing Up in Baca County Episode 6, Part 1 by John Havens
Note this episode references Fred Holister. More on Fred Click Here: Fred Holister: A Cowboy's Story Many older people of the Vilas Community made an impression on my life. Some…
Growing up in Baca County #5 By John Havens
As a teenager working around my Dad’s service station there was always something going on to make a good story. One has to do with a fellow named Bob, who…
Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #4 by John Havens
As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up stakes and look for greener pastures. As a…
Growing up in Baca County by John Havens- Episode 3
On the farm my pet was Big Dog, but when we moved into Vilas I had to leave Big Dog on the farm. So for a while I didn’t…