John Havens Archives - Baca County History

As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up stakes […]

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 […]

Dad and Uncle Tony always looked forward to a reunion at the Boise City Cemetery of the Havens and Snodgrass clan. […]

At one time Vilas could boast of a fairly large Hardware and Lumber Yard operated by the Hoarse Retherfords. It was […]

In January 1947 I married my high school sweetheart, Marie Konkel, in the Vilas Friends Church. We then moved to Haviland, Kansas […]

Even though I have spent over 60 years in the ministry, there was little or no place for any church in my […]

I read once of a tourist who was traveling through the country and realizing he needed gas he stopped at a very […]

Note this episode references Fred Holister. More on Fred Click Here: Fred Holister: A Cowboy’s Story Many older people of the Vilas […]

As a teenager working around my Dad’s service station there was always something going on to make a good story. One has […]

As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up […]