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A Cautionary Tale ~ Part 1
Homeward Bound – Lyrical Lessons in Keeping Distance, Keeping Faith and Stayin’ Alive
Social Distancing Brings Memories of ‘Pest House’
Hibbs Clothing Store: An Early Successful Business
Buckskin Bill’s Imaginary Love Affair with Rattlesnake Kate
One might feel like they are intruding while reading the personal correspondence between Colonel Charles D. Randolph, who called himself “Buckskin Bill” the “Poet of the Plains”, and Kate Slaughterback, a.k.a. Rattlesnake Kate. The reality is that the poems are a reflection of the story-spinning abilities of this “Poet of the Plains.”
Traditions of New Year’s Past
Things I Learned while Looking Up Something Else
Historian Carol Rein Shwayder began researching her family genealogy in the 1970s. She was “dismayed, and shocked” to find there was no book written for Weld County history. In 1983, Shwayder self-published Weld County Old & New: History of Weld County, Colorado, Vol. I, Chronology 1836-1983. It is described by the author as “A chronological compendium of interesting, useful, and hard-to-find facts and information about the history and development of Weld County, Colorado. Herein follows a sampling of excerpted entries.