Baca County History

by the Plainsman Herald

Tag: Arcola Illinois

  • I would rather be in a Tulsa Jail than cutting broomcorn…

    We know that harvesting broomcorn was a hard itchy process but  at my “Broomcorn Capital” presentation 2 years ago Shorty Miller may have driven the point home when he told us that one broomcorn Johnnie told him, I would rather be in a Tulsa Jail than cutting broomcorn.   I haven’t posted much broomcorn info lately…

  • So Where is the Broomcorn Capital of the World?

    NOTE: The original article was written in 2014, We have since updated (2023) and added more history of this forgotten industry. What is Broomcorn? I have had several conversations about recording local history as we are doing with Bacacountyhistory.com.  Anytime the topic of broomcorn  or broom corn has come up with someone not from Baca…