Tag: Southeast Colorado
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Vol. 140 No. 5 July 30 2026 To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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As we take part in that annual icon of the southeast Colorado prairie, the 2026 Baca County fair it seems appropriate to talk a little about the culture, history and present-day issues surrounding the event. Some circles of society might question the relevance and value of a county fair when less than 2 percent 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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Vol. 140 No. 4 2026 07 23 To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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Vol. 140 No. 3 2026 07 15 To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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Vol. 140 No. 2 2026 07 09 To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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Not many organizations make it to their 140th year. This is a milestone for the Plainsman Herald. It has been a good run. Thanks to those who have continued to read the Plainsman Herald. Vol 140 No. 1 2026 07 02 To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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Vol. 139 No. 52 2026 06 25 To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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