Orville Ewing’s Odyssey Begins
Orville Ewing called himself an “artist from the Old West”. He crisscrossed the United States in his covered wagon/trailer with his menagerie […]
Carrizo Springs School
The Carrizo Springs School (also called the Cole School by some) was located where the North Crease and the West Crease of […]
Letters Home: The Process for this Project is Developing.
I am beginning the process of what I hope will be transcribing all of my Dad’s letters home from the Navy during […]
Free Dust Bowl Teaching Resources
August 2018 NOTE: This resource will be updated extensively later this fall as I am currently preparing a resource “The Dust Bowl: […]
Orville Ewing’s Postcards
I don’t live in Baca County Colorado anymore, but it is the place where I grew up and still call home. It […]
Mrs. Tune, The Sheriff and the Goats
Vesta Tune lived in Springfield Colorado in the 1940′s and 50′s, Prior to that she lived in the Lycan Colorado area (north […]
A Tale of Sheet Music
Posted with Permission of Kathryn Neufeld (Kent Brooks’ mother-in-law) The last page was turned and I was sad to see there was […]
My Link To The Old West…
My Link to the Old West originally appeared on Boody’s Blog: Missives from Mythtickle and is re posted with permission from Justin Thompson […]
More Tales From the Prairie: A Sanora Babb Conversation
Reposted from KentBrooks.com November 28, 2013 In early September 2013, I was in my hometown of Springfield Colorado. While eating at the […]