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Sam Konkel: The Writer
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Sam Konkel: The Writer

January 6, 2022January 7, 2022
by Kent Brooks

Sam Konkel was the editor of one of the two Boston Colorado Newspapers, The Boston World (1886-1889) and later the Springfield Herald […]

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Crop Prospects for Southeast Colorado in 1888
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Crop Prospects for Southeast Colorado in 1888

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
by Kent Brooks

PERSONS Stories and Incidents of the Early Day East Enders Before Baca County became a county in the spring of 1889 it […]

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Joy Coy, Colorado & the Coming of the Railroad
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Joy Coy, Colorado & the Coming of the Railroad

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019
by Kent Brooks

“Nearly everything lives in a hole in the ground; the rattlesnakes, prairie dogs, owls, ground-squirrels, and even the people.” -Letter from Joy […]

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Sam Konkel’s Map of Southeast Colorado Stagecoach Routes 1887-1889
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Sam Konkel’s Map of Southeast Colorado Stagecoach Routes 1887-1889

September 7, 2018March 6, 2019
by Kent Brooks

A couple years ago I found a copy of Sam Konkel’s Southeast Colorado Stagecoach map in terrible condition.  The quality was so […]

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The Town Boom Years in Southeastern Colorado 1886-1889: A Map
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The Town Boom Years in Southeastern Colorado 1886-1889: A Map

January 13, 2018March 8, 2019
by Kent Brooks

Sometimes it is hard to understand old forgotten towns.  Especially since we don’t always know where they are located in relationship to […]

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