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Crop Prospects for Southeast Colorado in 1888

Crop Prospects for Southeast Colorado in 1888

PERSONS Stories and Incidents of the Early Day East Enders Before Baca County became a county in the spring of 1889 it was the eastern end of Las Animas county.…

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Grandmother Eva Ratliff by Kathryn Ratliff Benes

Grandmother Eva Ratliff by Kathryn Ratliff Benes

With all of the news focused on COVID-19, I can't help thinking about my Grandmother Eva Ratliff. As a young woman, she lived with her family in Pittsburg, KS where…

May 9, 2020May 9, 2020
Jack Ratliff by Kathryn Ratliff Benes

Jack Ratliff by Kathryn Ratliff Benes

Editors Note: I've often mentioned Jack Ratliff as the other Baca County Wanderer when writing about Orville Ewing. If you search online for Jack Ratliff will also find numerous postcards…

May 9, 2020May 9, 2020
Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #5b     John Havens

Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #5b 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 kid…

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Growing up in Baca County    Episode 10    By John Havens

Growing up in Baca County Episode 10 By John Havens

    On Saturday afternoons and evenings there was usually a little more activity in Vilas than other times, unless there was a ball game going on out of town. Tony's…

April 12, 2020April 12, 2020
More Poems from Grandma Bamber…

More Poems from Grandma Bamber…

This is the 3rd of posts of Nellie Grover Bamber. It again is a true pleasure and honor to get to post these for my friend Nancy Hall Nelson. The…

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020

Growing up in Baca County by John Havens. Episode 9 part 2

   Dad and Uncle Tony always looked forward to a reunion at the Boise City Cemetery of the Havens and Snodgrass clan.  Then we went from Boise city to Guymon…

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020
Growing up Baca County Episode 9- By John Havens

Growing up Baca County Episode 9- By John Havens

    At one time Vilas could boast of a fairly large Hardware and Lumber Yard operated by the Hoarse Retherfords.  It was located on the North side of Main Street…

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020
Growing up in Baca County Part 8b – By John Havens

Growing up in Baca County Part 8b – By John Havens

In January 1947 I married my high school sweetheart, Marie Konkel, in the Vilas Friends Church.  We then moved to Haviland, Kansas where I completed four years of education at…

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020
Poems of Faith (Post 1930s) by Nellie Grover Bamber

Poems of Faith (Post 1930s) by Nellie Grover Bamber

This 2nd post of Nellie Grover Bamber is again a true pleasure. There are some little things. The image of Grandma Bamber printed on an early dot matrix printer is…

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020

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