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The Life and Legacy of Cowboy Fred Holister By Kent Brooks Great journeys into the past starts with a single question. For this story that question came a few years back (maybe 2015 or 2016) during a visit with my Uncle Harold Brooks. As we sat talking about the old stories and forgotten histories of…
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By Kent Brooks Before the telephone reached most towns in the American West, one of the largest ranching companies in the world had already built its own private communications network stretching across what is now southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico. Most histories of rural telephones focus on the famous barbed-wire fence telephone systems that…
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“Low characters naturally gravitated in this direction where they would be in less danger of the law. Peaceable men were sometimes forced to become murderers through association with the lawless element who were thrown in their midst. Questions were not asked of their past.” -J.R. Austin, 1936, An Early History of Baca County In the…
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Few men embodied the spirit of southeastern Colorado more fully than Alfred A. Arraj. Born far from the windswept plains of Baca County yet forever shaped by them, Arraj rose from small-town lawyer and civic booster in Springfield, Colorado, to become one of the most respected federal judges in the American West. Today, his name…
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This started as a post about the near completion of a book. Then, as often happens on the High Plains, life changed quickly. The recent fires in southeast Colorado — fires that nearly took Campo itself — became a reminder of something much bigger than a book project. As flames pushed across the prairie, smoke…
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By Steve Doner and Kent Brooks In the block towards the rising sun we found Charley Malmberg trying to pound the stuffin out of a piece of iron. We don’t know whether Charley has planted the famous chestnut tree or not, but if he hasn’t he ought to, as he has the ideal shop. Springfield…
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A look back at the heart of the Southeast Colorado community of Vilas, and a glimpse at how its story might be told in the Digital Age. For the residents of Baca County, Colorado, a Kent Homsher social media post with a single photograph of “Tony’s Market” was enough to unleash a flood of memories…
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After receiving proof #2, we pressed pause on the Baca County History reprint to correct layout hiccups, and run higher-quality proofs. It’s the right kind of delay—one that makes the finished book sharper and more durable. Where the reprint stands Meanwhile, the first Puzzle Companion we spoke a long while back is moving fast. The…
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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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Baca County Historical Society Hosted by the Plainsman Herald Mission StatementThe Baca County Historical Society was reestablished to preserve and share the stories that define our community. Our mission is to safeguard the rich heritage of Baca County through the collection, documentation, and preservation of historical records, photographs, oral histories, and artifacts. By honoring the…
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