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Vol. 139 No. 11 2025 09 10Download To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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In January 1939, Pritchett, Colorado residents, Frank and Theresa Mauler had saved $500 and headed out of the Dust Bowl for the Sudetenland. Wire services made them famous; world events stopped the trip. Baca County’s Dust Bowl years were never as isolated as they felt. In January 1939, Frank and Theresa Mauler of Pritchett packed…
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Vol. 139 No. 10 2025 09 03 To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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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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Vol. 139 No. 9 2025 08 27 . Check out our latest on Amazon.com Check out our latest on Amazon.com Check out our latest on Amazon.com To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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In 1905, the Rocky Mountain News dismissed the “flat country” of Baca and Prowers as good for “nothing… but broomcorn”—a cash crop that, paired with cane for feed, kept families afloat even as storms and feed shortages killed herds. A generation later, that same “nothing but broomcorn” would be recast as a badge of identity…
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Vol. 139 No. 8 2025 08 21 To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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Sam Konkel’s 1929 campaign to bring government closer—and avoid another county-seat war In early 1929, southeast Colorado revisited an old frontier argument: county government was too far away. Residents on the far east end of Las Animas County faced trips of “100 miles or more” to reach Trinidad. The cure, local boosters said, was bold—create…
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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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Vol. 139 No. 7 2025 08 14Download To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
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