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Dust Bowl Poems(1930s) by Nellie Grover Bamber

March 29, 2020

Arts, Dust Bowl, Stories

Tags: dust, dust bowl, dustbowl, Nancy Hall Nelson, Nellie Grover Bamber, Pritchett

This post is a true pleasure. There are some little things to look for. The image of Grandma Bamber printed on an early dot matrix printer is a piece of history in itself. The poems? Priceless. In the not so recent past I had a conversation with Nancy Hall Nelson about using her Grandma’s Poems…
Joy Coy, Colorado & the Coming of the Railroad

March 5, 2019

Uncategorized

Tags: homestead, Joy Coy, Pritchett, Railroad, Southeast Colorado

“Nearly everything lives in a hole in the ground; the rattlesnakes, prairie dogs, owls, ground-squirrels, and even the people.” -Letter from Joy Coy Colorado, 1916 Pritchett, Colorado lies in the extreme Southeast part of Colorado. There is not a lot of activity there these days. There is a school, a bar, a hotel for providing…
Place Names of Baca County by Steve Doner

March 11, 2017

Arts, History

Tags: Campo, Map, places stores, Pritchett, springfield, Steve Doner, Vilas, walsh

This information was taken from the website – https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/Place_Names_of_Colorado.pdf Some information may indeed be questionable, but we have to start somewhere. Information I have added is in italics. This format does not allow for grids so the listings follow -Town/Location Name – County – Type – Notes – Section/Township/Range – Reference To save space…
Bear Tracks & Cactus Trees: More Info on Life in Early Baca County

October 4, 2015

Arts, History, Stories

Tags: baca county, Elmer Briles, Heidi, Iris Powell, Joy Coy, Pritchett, Sam Holt, Southeast Colorado, springfield

Hi there! I’m Heidi, Kent’s wife. I swiped this blog for a minute so I could tell you about a great book filled with Baca County history. I grew up in Balko, Oklahoma and until recently I thought Kent was my only connection with Baca County. My parents recently surprised me with a book they…
Orville Ewing’s Travels: The Animals

November 23, 2014

Old West, Stories

Tags: animals, Goats, mules, Orville Ewing, Pritchett, wagon rooster

Before we head into Orville’s travels during the 1940’s let’s take a peek at the the animal menagerie which served as Orville’s traveling companions over the years. This is the group that provided quite a background for those wishing to take pictures with him. The ox, burros, donkeys and/or mules were obviously used to pull…
Orville Ewing’s Travels: The 1930’s

November 20, 2014

History, Stories

Tags: baca county, Greencastle, Orville Ewing, Ox Cart, Pritchett, San Francisco, Sheriff, springfield, Worlds Fair

I mentioned in a previous post the large number of Orville Ewing postcards available for sale online, but there are also over 300 newspaper references to his 30 plus years of travel. UPDATE: April 2020. This past week I received another scan of the picture above. Since we already have it the picture isn’t that big…
A Bevy of Wandering Muleteers

July 21, 2014

History, Stories

Tags: Jack Ratliff, Multeer, Orville Ewing, Peter Voiss, Pritchett, San Francisco, Southeast Colorado

Some might say Orville Ewing was born 100 years too late. However, I have discovered while learning about his adventures he wasn’t alone. In various written accounts I have encountered references to muleteers traveling the countryside during Orville’s 30 plus years of traveling the highways and byways. What is a muleteer you ask? a muleteer…
Orville Ewing’s Odyssey Begins

July 15, 2014

History, Stories

Tags: mule, Orville Ewing, oxen, Pritchett, San Francisco, Southeast Colorado

Orville Ewing called himself an “artist from the Old West”. He crisscrossed the United States in his covered wagon/trailer with his menagerie for about 30 years, selling literally thousands upon thousands of different postcards of himself over the years and described in my previous post “Orville Ewing’s Postcards” A sample is shown below: Orville’s own…
Orville Ewing’s Postcards

March 26, 2014

History, Stories

Tags: baca county, Grandma Huckaby, Orville Ewing, postcards, Pritchett, Southeast Colorado, wagon

I don’t live in Baca County Colorado anymore, but it is the place where I grew up and still call home. It will always be home. This mini writing adventure began after I shared the picture below of my grandma holding what I now believe to be Orville Ewing’s wooden rifle in front of his…

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Dust Bowl Poems(1930s) by Nellie Grover Bamber

Joy Coy, Colorado & the Coming of the Railroad

Place Names of Baca County by Steve Doner

Bear Tracks & Cactus Trees: More Info on Life in Early Baca County

Orville Ewing’s Travels: The Animals

Orville Ewing’s Travels: The 1930’s

A Bevy of Wandering Muleteers

Orville Ewing’s Odyssey Begins

Orville Ewing’s Postcards

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