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In 2014, I came across a fascinating series of 64 articles published in 1918 and 1919 in the Springfield Democrat Herald. The author, editor, and publisher of the series, Sam Konkel—known locally as “The Writer”—was more than a mere chronicler of events. He had been there, living and working as the editor of one of…
Many have asked, so here is the background on how the Old Boston story came about in book form. It is a bit lengthy, but again I get asked this a lot so I wrote this down and it will probably become a blog post. My cousin farms and ranches in the area near where…
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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