Baca County History

by the Plainsman Herald

Tag: First Judge

  • Ezra Nowels,Baca County’s First Judge

    Ezra Nowels,Baca County’s First Judge

    Attorney Ezra C. Nowels left Rensselaer, Indiana in 1888 and came to Minneapolis, Colorado.  The March 14, 1888 Indiana State Sentinel reports,  “Ezra C. Nowels will start to Colorado next week. He will locate in Minneapolis, Las Animas County, where he will engage in the practice of law and the real estate business. Mr. Nowels…