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Living and gassing by the light of the Silver(y) Moon

March 17, 2022

by Carolyn Newman WALSENBURG — Back in the day when nearly every street corner on the main streets had a gas station, one station in

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Depression and sheep and aliens

January 20, 2022

by Carolyn Newman RATON PASS — The invasion into Colorado by aliens must stop, declared the state’s governor. Then he sent National Guard troops to

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Days gone by

December 16, 2021

by Carolyn Newman SOUTHERN COLORADO — In 1879, two gentlemen in top hats or bowlers from eastern United States undertook the hazardous journey to our

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History Detective for November 18, 2021

November 18, 2021

Days gone by by Carolyn Newman HUERFANO — “The kids got into whiskey or siphoned gas from the company store.” When an old timer reminisces

End of the Trail

October 7, 2021

This is the last installment of a series of articles on the Santa Fe Trail bicentennial by Nancy Christofferson SANTA FE TRAIL — The Dry

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The best defense is a good, tall fence. Around a fort.

October 7, 2021

by Carolyn Newman WALSENBURG — Small forts were added to most Huerfano County communities during “Indian scares.” Bands of Native Americans camped along streams to

History Detective for June 17 2021

June 17, 2021

Everything including the kitchen sink by Carolyn Newman ON THE TRAIL — The interior of a covered wagon was very carefully designed – as Keturah

History Detective

April 15, 2021

Mama! Mama! Maths! by Carolyn Newman LONDON — In a departure from local history, let’s go back to 1955 to a private boarding school for girls

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The cost of mining

March 18, 2021

by Carolyn Newman SOUTHERN COLORADO — The question is – how many nippers should a coal mine have? A nipper, usually a teenager, was the

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