Author: Kent Brooks
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Hi all, We have had several questions recently about what we are working on, so thought it might be useful to drop a note about some of our upcoming research and our approach to content for 2022. We have had three primary places we push historical content: the print edition of the Plainsman Herald, BacaCountyHistory…
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I am often amazed by the historical connections to Baca County which have bubbled to the surface because of our digital world. When I discover a single name on a news clipping I have learned it isn’t always just a name. A single name can lead us down a path to a better understanding of …
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This past week, Baca County winds brought reminders of the 1930’s dust bowl. Excessive and damaging winds caused many comments about the 1930s Dust Bowl,an event that colors the worldview of Baca Countians, even to the present. More than once the comment was heard, “I have never seen a wind like this, even in Baca…
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
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Investigation is On-Going On 12-06-21 at approx. 0157 Hours, the Baca County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a local hospital informing them that there was an approx. 40 year old female in the Emergency Room with a gunshot to the head. Officers from the Springfield Police Department and Deputies from the Baca County…
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The annual trek to Grandma’s house for Thanksgiving has always carried a bit of risk. The trip itself, the political conversations, rooting for the wrong football team and maybe the potential for undercooked turkey are the risks of the modern world. COVID for the past couple of years has brought an additional concern for some.…
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It’s always fun for the Herald to catch up with Schroder Ag. This week we are pulling together notes on our recent conversation with Rafe Schroder of the Schroder Ag crew. Rafe tells us, “This past year we grew a circle of potatoes. Five (5) different varieties. I’m not sure when the last time taters…
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Boston wasn’t quite the first in the east end as this part of Las Animas county as it was thencalled. Butte City was started in June 1886; we believe that less than half a dozen houses were builtthere when it was abandoned and the houses moved over to Minneapolis, started a few miles west of…
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