Vol. 136 No. 39, March 29, 2023

Tag: Witchita

Broomcorn Capital of the World

October 27, 2021

Arts, Exclusive, History, Stories

Tags: baca county, Baltimore MD, Broomcorn, Harryman, Liberal KS, Witchita

It certainly wasn’t the 74,384 broomcorn acres Baca County produced in 1949, but Kirk Guder’s 2021 garden brought back a bit of the amazing broomcorn history of Baca Sometimes it is just fun when you get a note on some of what we have pulled together. Check this comment from BacaCountyHistory dot com. “My family […]

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So Where is the Broomcorn Capital of the World?

December 31, 2014

Southeast Colorado

Tags: Alfrey, Arcola Illinois, Brooks, broom corn, Broomcorn, farm, Hiner, Lindsay Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Stonington, tonnage, Witchita

What is Broomcorn? I have had several conversations about recording local history as we are doing with Bacacountyhistory.com. Anytime the topic of broomcorn has come up with someone not from Baca County there is inevitably the question “What’s that?” Therefore, if any of you reading this are not from Baca County or one of the […]

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