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Livestock owners across Colorado will see an increase in brand inspection fees starting October 1, 2025, with the five-year brand assessment fee also set to rise in January 2027. The State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners has approved these changes after a comprehensive rulemaking process that included extensive stakeholder engagement. The Brand Inspection Division, which…
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by Norman Kincaide, Ph.D. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was filed with the Pike National Forest and Cimarron and Comanche National Grassland in reference to the revised Management Plan and Draft Assessment on September 2, 2025 by Norman Kincaide of Rocky Ford, CO. In follow up communication with Gregory Berquist, Forest Service, this…
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In 2014 I gave a talk at the Baca County Museum about a topic I’d heard about my whole life— broomcorn. Ironic, I suppose, that I would give a talk on this topic. I don’t really remember broomcorn and didn’t know much about it. What I knew while giving the talk is that I knew…
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In 1905, the Rocky Mountain News dismissed the “flat country” of Baca and Prowers as good for “nothing… but broomcorn”—a cash crop that, paired with cane for feed, kept families afloat even as storms and feed shortages killed herds. A generation later, that same “nothing but broomcorn” would be recast as a badge of identity…
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Baca County History Book Reprint Nears Final Proof — and Volume II Submissions Coming Soon The reprint of the original 1983 Baca County History Book is one step closer to completion. After sending off the first proof copy earlier this month, we’ve been carefully reviewing every page, making improvements to ensure the final product is…
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The 1939 Plesiosaur Discovery in Baca County In March 1939, one of Colorado’s most remarkable fossil discoveries emerged from the eroded banks of a remote creek in Baca County, about 13.5 miles north of Pritchett. A recent flood had carved away a 20-foot shale cliff on the Earl Kern’s farm which was occupied by Vernon…
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NOTE: A couple years ago, I released Letters, Stories and Incidents on the Santa Fe Trail : The Bent’s Fort Years. Recently, someone asked me if the book was any good. My answer? Oh yes. It has the best discussion of the “innumerable” buffalo herds of the American West you’ll find anywhere outside the writings…
