Reprinted from the June 1929 Issue of the Western Empire Magazine: Nineteen years ago there came into the little town of Two Buttes in Baca County, a suffering, and broken man. Upon his graying head sentence had been passed, and he had no thought but that his doom was sealed. Great Men of the medical […]
In a recent Facebook thread, Ted Burhenn asked about the history of music in Baca County. I mentioned the Old Boston Band and after a couple other comments; I dug in a little to see what I could find. There are a few things on Baca County music I am pulling together which includes info on Dr. […]
This memory is reposted with permission from the Kuroiwa Family Blog (Thanks Deb). This is one of my favorite pictures of all time…. This is me and my grandfather. Though I grew up in the same area as my grandparents, I didn’t really grow up with them. Oh…I knew who they were but….not really. My […]
Posted with Permission of Kathryn Neufeld (Kent Brooks’ mother-in-law) The last page was turned and I was sad to see there was no more music to play. For several days I had been playing through a stack of sheet music. Music that was written before my time. Some were dated as far back as 1926 […]