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Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 3 Part 2 – John Havens

December 4, 2019

History, Stories

Tags: Big Dog, John Havens, Vilas

On the farm my pet was Big Dog, but when we moved into Vilas I had to leave Big Dog on the farm. So for a while I didn’t have a pet. Then one day when I was home from school, and sick with the Measles, Dad came in with the cutest little dog. …
Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 2 Part 2 – John Havens

November 26, 2019

History, Stories

Tags: Growing up, John Havens, Southeast Colorado, Vilas

A couple years ago, Kathy pushed out a series in the Plainsman Herald by John Havens. We are going to replay that on this blog over the next few weeks. Kathy’s intro is as follows: A Little Bit of History, By Kathy Nutt. “A while back we received a letter and several pages of history…
Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 3 Part 1- John Havens

November 26, 2019

History, Stories

Tags: Growing up, John Havens, Vilas

A couple years ago, Kathy pushed out a series in the Plainsman Herald by John Havens. We are going to replay that on this blog over the next few weeks. Kathy’s intro is as follows: A Little Bit of History, By Kathy Nutt. “A while back we received a letter and several pages of history…
Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 2 Part 1- John Havens

November 20, 2019

History, Stories

Tags: dust bowl, Growing up, John Havens, Vilas

A couple years ago, Kathy pushed out a series in the Plainsman Herald by John Havens. We are going to replay that on this blog over the next few weeks. Kathy’s intro is as follows: A Little Bit of History, By Kathy Nutt. “A while back we received a letter and several pages of history…
Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 1 – John Havens

November 13, 2019

History, Stories

Tags: Growing up, John Havens, Vilas

A couple years ago, Kathy pushed out a series in the Plainsman Herald by John Havens. We are going to replay that on this blog over the next few weeks. Kathy’s intro is as follows: A Little Bit of History, By Kathy Nutt. “A while back we received a letter and several pages of history…
Tributary Towns

June 20, 2019

Southeast Colorado

Tags: Atlanta, Boston, Brookfield, Carriso, Carrizo, Holmes City, Minneapolis, Mulvane, springfield, Vilas

As a continuation of my look at Southeast Colorado Boom towns (1886-1889) I thought I would toss out an interesting town ad for Lamar. Almost all of the towns which popped up during that era had an advertisement that was placed in newspapers “back east” (usually Kansas) to encourage settlers to come west. This is…
Kliesen City, Colorado’s Namesake

January 19, 2019

History, Stories

Tags: Kliesen, Southeast Colorado, Vilas

As is normal, I was looking for something else when I discovered the namesake of another long gone Baca County Colorado town. Mostly what we know about Kliesen City is that it was located north of the tracks, north of Vilas, Colorado. The present day Konkel lollipop factory is just south of what was Kliesen…
The Town Boom Years in Southeastern Colorado 1886-1889: A Map

January 13, 2018

History, Stories

Tags: 1886, 1889, Map, old west, Southeast Colorado, springfield, Vilas

Sometimes it is hard to understand old forgotten towns. Especially since we don’t always know where they are located in relationship to present day landmarks and towns. The map in this post contains the towns which popped up in the area as well as towns that were connected. For example, many settlers rode the train…
A Cowboy’s Story: Fred Holister

October 26, 2017

History, Stories

Tags: cowboy, Fred Holister, National Trail, Southeast Colorado, Vilas

May 24, 2018 Update from the Original post: Had a great conversation earlier this evening with 92-year-old John Havens from Vilas who now lives in Kansas. He preached the funeral for my brother 52 years ago, which I did not know. He also did the funeral for Fred Hollister which was one of his first…
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…

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Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 3 Part 2 – John Havens

Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 2 Part 2 – John Havens

Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 3 Part 1- John Havens

Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 2 Part 1- John Havens

Growing up in Baca County – Chapter 1 – John Havens

Tributary Towns

Kliesen City, Colorado’s Namesake

The Town Boom Years in Southeastern Colorado 1886-1889: A Map

A Cowboy’s Story: Fred Holister

Place Names of Baca County by Steve Doner

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