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.…
Celebrating the Colorful History of Baca County Colorado
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…