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  • Baca County Wolverines Over the weekend 6 Baca County wrestlers competed in the Colorado State Regional tournament. Three wrestlers from Baca county would go on to qualify for the state wrestling tournament. Brayden Hancock and Malcolm Lovejoy would both compete in the regional championship match. They would both be pinned in the championship earning each…


  • The week was busy for Baca County’s basketball athletes, with both the Springfield Longhorns and the South Baca Patriots having 3 contests and the Walsh Eagles adding another 2 games to the schedule. South Baca Lady Patriots v Rolla (KS) Lady Pirates The week started off early with the first contest of the game on…


  • Before getting into the week/weekend of basketball, I would just like to wish the Cheraw community prayers and well wishes as a terrible tragedy has struck their community. Please remember them in your thoughts and prayers as they go through this troubling time. The week of January 17-22 was a jampacked one for basketball. On…


  • The weekend started off kind of rough with 2 out of 3 of Springfield’s games being postponed due to Covid-19. Originally Springfield was supposed to play games Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Unfortunately their earlier games this week were the ones that got postponed due to Covid. South Baca was also supposed to have 2 games…


  • After taking a two week break for Christmas teams returned to the basketball court. This past week there were two games that I was able to attend the Springfield Longhorns facing off against the Cheyenne Wells Tigers, and the South Baca Patriots facing the Walsh Eagles. South Baca Lady Patriots v. Walsh Lady Eagles The…


  • Sam Konkel was the editor of one of the two Boston Colorado Newspapers, The Boston World (1886-1889) and later the Springfield Herald /Springfield Democrat Herald (1913-1930).  It was in 1918 -1919 during this time in Springfield where he relived and wrote during the stories of his time in Boston, which we used as the foundation…


  • I am often amazed by the historical connections to Baca County which have bubbled to the surface because of our digital world.  When I discover a single name on a news clipping I have learned it isn’t always just a name.  A single name can lead us down a path to a better understanding of …


  • Investigation is On-Going On 12-06-21 at approx. 0157 Hours, the Baca County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a local hospital informing them that there was an approx. 40 year old female in the Emergency Room with a gunshot to the head. Officers from the Springfield Police Department and Deputies from the Baca County…


  • PERSONS Stories and Incidents of the Early Day East Enders Before Baca County became a county in the spring of 1889 it was the eastern end of Las Animas county. As spring is upon us, I thought it might be good to look back at the crop prospects in Southeast Colorado in 1888.  The following …


  •  As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up stakes and look for greener pastures.  As a kid working around the service station I observed first hand family after family load all their belongings into cars and onto pickups and head out to…


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