Blanchat: by Dr. Bill Stoner
NOTES: This post enhances a previous post: "An Old Stone Schoolhouse in Springfield" If you recall Joseph Blanchat was a stonemason who helped build that building. The article below…
Celebrating the Colorful History of Baca County Colorado
NOTES: This post enhances a previous post: "An Old Stone Schoolhouse in Springfield" If you recall Joseph Blanchat was a stonemason who helped build that building. The article below…
This information was taken from the website - https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/Place_Names_of_Colorado.pdf Some information may indeed be questionable, but we have to start somewhere. Information I have added is in italics. This…
“No machine has yet been invented to successfully replace the hand labor. The men, using broomcorn knives with sharp five-inch knives, move down rows in a field, bending the heads…
Lucius McAdam came to Las Animas County Colorado in 1886. This was a couple years before Baca County was split off from Las Animas County and established as a county.…