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Baca CountyPritchett

Orville Ewing’s Odyssey Begins

July 15, 2014August 23, 2019
by Kent Brooks

Orville Ewing called himself  an “artist from the Old West”. He crisscrossed the United States in his covered wagon/trailer with his menagerie […]

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Carrizo Springs School
Baca CountySoutheast Colorado

Carrizo Springs School

April 22, 2014March 25, 2019
by Kent Brooks

The Carrizo Springs School (also called the Cole School by some) was located where the  North Crease and the West Crease of […]

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Baca CountyHow ToMilitary

Letters Home: The Process for this Project is Developing.

April 13, 2014
by Kent Brooks

I am beginning the process of what I hope will be transcribing all of my Dad’s letters home from the Navy during […]

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Baca CountyDust Bowl

Free Dust Bowl Teaching Resources

March 26, 2014
by Kent Brooks

August 2018 NOTE: This resource will be updated extensively later this fall as I am currently preparing a resource “The Dust Bowl: […]

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Baca CountyPritchettSoutheast Colorado

Orville Ewing’s Postcards

March 26, 2014February 26, 2019
by Kent Brooks

I don’t live in Baca County Colorado anymore, but it is the place where I grew up and still call home. It […]

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SheriffSpringfield

Mrs. Tune, The Sheriff and the Goats

March 5, 2014March 22, 2019
by Kent Brooks

Vesta Tune lived in Springfield Colorado in the 1940′s and 50′s, Prior to that she lived in the Lycan Colorado area (north […]

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MusicSpringfield

A Tale of Sheet Music

March 5, 2014
by Kent Brooks

Posted with Permission of Kathryn Neufeld (Kent Brooks’ mother-in-law)  The last page was turned and I was sad to see there was […]

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Old BostonOld WestSoutheast ColoradoUncategorized

My Link To The Old West…

March 4, 2014
by Kent Brooks

My Link to the Old West originally appeared on Boody’s Blog: Missives from Mythtickle and is re posted with permission from Justin Thompson […]

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Baca CountyDust Bowl

More Tales From the Prairie: A Sanora Babb Conversation

February 25, 2014
by Kent Brooks

Reposted from KentBrooks.com  November 28, 2013 In early September 2013, I was in my hometown of Springfield Colorado.   While eating at the […]

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