Wilde, Colorado: Colonel York, the Bloody Benders, and West Point.
Wilde was founded by Colonel A.M. York from Fort Scott Kansas. The town, Wilde, Colorado is not Baca County. It was technically in Old Bent county or what is now…
It is Given to Few: by J. Ralph Jett
Reprinted from the June 1929 Issue of the Western Empire Magazine: Nineteen years ago there came into the little town of Two Buttes in Baca County, a suffering, and broken…
Dr. Verity’s Invention
Dr. Verity's Invention In a recent Facebook thread, Ted Burhenn asked about the history of music in Baca County. I mentioned the Old Boston Band and after a couple other comments;…
Sunrise in Southeast Colorado
Thought I would start posting a few Baca County Sunrises... Sunrise on the last day of the 2014 Baca County Fair, August 2, 2014 I shared a few of these…