Baca County History

by the Plainsman Herald

Category: Stories

  • The Burning of the Boston Colorado Hotel: An 1890 Flashback to the County Seat Wars of the American West

    The Burning of the Boston Colorado Hotel: An 1890 Flashback to the County Seat Wars of the American West

    The hotel company was incorporated last week, the stock is all subscribed, and the big hotel will now be pushed to completion. — Boston Colorado, Western World, April 1887 The County Seat Wars of the American West, which were most famous in Kansas, represent a tumultuous period in the late 19th century characterized by intense…

  • Sam Konkel: The Writer

    Sam Konkel was the editor of one of the two Boston Colorado Newspapers, The Boston World (1886-1889) and later the Springfield Herald /Springfield Democrat Herald (1913-1930).  It was in 1918 -1919 during this time in Springfield where he relived and wrote during the stories of his time in Boston, which we used as the foundation…