By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Now: The address above may seem a bit confusing. For those who don’t know, at one time North Cañon and South Cañon co-existed as two separate towns, for 68 years. Then: An article in the Cañon City Daily Record dated September 30, 1959 announced the Unification Ceremonies to be held. Less […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey, Jo (Stevens) Lozano (1975 CCHS), and Joe Lozano (1976 FHS) Now: I asked Jo and Joe if they would share some of their personal memories and awards they received from high school for this blog. Rivals can bury the hatchet, seeing as Jo and Joe have been married for over thirty […]
By: Loretta (Stevens) Bailey and George Stevens Note: To the readers, there is a quiz at the end of four leaf rubs of the trees listed in the blog: The Buckeye, Cottonwood, Maple, and Elm. So, how did the Buckeye get its name? Who planted the old Cottonwood trees along the Arkansas in 1862-1863? The […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey This is the third and final part of this article covering the Espinosa brothers. This portion also contains excerpts from records written by eyewitnesses of the events. THE CASE FOR NASH SPRING by Nelson D. Walker While investigating the Espinosa incident I talked to five different ranchers whose families had been […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey This is the second part of three blogs about the Espinosa Brothers. The third and final part will be posted tomorrow, April 30. To read part one, follow this link. Where was Espinosa Killed? by Nelson D. Walker I first learned about the Espinosa incident twenty years ago on my 57th […]