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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…
Some More Old Vilas

February 12, 2017

History

Tags: 1918, 1919, C.F. Wheeler, old west, Pioneer, Vilas, Vilas Hotel

The Springfield Herald had a regular series in either 1918 or 1919 called “Persons, Stories, and Incidents of Old Boston and the Old Days.” I am a bit confuse on the year because several of the issues have the year 1918 marked out in pencil with 1919 written in. This occurs in several issues but…
Lucius McAdam: Baca County Pioneer and Confederate Veteran

April 27, 2016

Arts, History

Tags: 1938, 1940, Barney Wilson, Chuck Wilson, Civil War, Confederate, Lucius McAdam, McAdam, Military, Pioneer, springfield, Vilas, walsh

Lucius McAdam came to Las Animas County Colorado in 1886. This was a couple years before Baca County was split off from Las Animas County and established as a county. McAdam was born in Chariton County Missouri January 16, 1845. He left Chariton County in 1884, spent a couple years in western Kansas before moving…
Letters From a Navy Boy – November 11, 1942

August 6, 2014

History, Stories

Tags: Charles Brooks, Letters, Military, Navy, Southeast Colorado, Vance Alfrey, Vilas

As I move many of my dad’s Navy letters to a digital format I will occasionally provide samples as shown below. I picked this one simply because it was from the set of letters from 1942 which I thought was lost. Also most of the language from the letter is original. I changed a couple items…

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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

Some More Old Vilas

Lucius McAdam: Baca County Pioneer and Confederate Veteran

Letters From a Navy Boy – November 11, 1942

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