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Crop Prospects for Southeast Colorado in 1888

Crop Prospects for Southeast Colorado in 1888

PERSONS Stories and Incidents of the Early Day East Enders Before Baca County became a county in the spring of 1889 it was the eastern end of Las Animas county.…

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #5b     John Havens

Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #5b John Havens

 As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up stakes and look for greener pastures.  As a kid…

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Growing up in Baca County    Episode 10    By John Havens

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 ball game going on out of town. Tony's…

April 12, 2020April 12, 2020

Growing up in Baca County by John Havens. Episode 9 part 2

   Dad and Uncle Tony always looked forward to a reunion at the Boise City Cemetery of the Havens and Snodgrass clan.  Then we went from Boise city to Guymon…

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020
Growing up in Baca County Part 8b – By John Havens

Growing up in Baca County Part 8b – By John Havens

In January 1947 I married my high school sweetheart, Marie Konkel, in the Vilas Friends Church.  We then moved to Haviland, Kansas where I completed four years of education at…

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020
Growing Up In Baca County Part 8 By John Havens

Growing Up In Baca County Part 8 By John Havens

Even though I have spent over 60 years in the ministry, there was little or no place for any church in my early childhood.  It wasn’t until we moved from…

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020
Growing up in Baca County  Part 7  By John Havens

Growing up in Baca County Part 7 By John Havens

 I read once of a tourist who was traveling through the country and realizing he needed gas he stopped at a very small village to fill up with gas.  While…

January 28, 2020January 30, 2020
Growing Up in Baca County Episode 6, Part 1 by John Havens

Growing Up in Baca County Episode 6, Part 1 by John Havens

Note this episode references Fred Holister. More on Fred Click Here: Fred Holister: A Cowboy's Story Many older people of the Vilas Community made an impression on my life. Some…

December 31, 2019December 31, 2019
Growing up in Baca          County  #5      By John Havens

Growing up in Baca County #5 By John Havens

As a teenager working around my Dad’s service station there was always something going on to make a good story.  One has to do with a fellow named Bob, who…

December 17, 2019December 18, 2019
Growing up in Baca County by John Havens- Episode 3

Growing up in Baca County by John Havens- Episode 3

   On the farm my pet was Big Dog, but when we moved into Vilas I had to leave Big Dog on the farm.  So for a while I didn’t…

December 4, 2019

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