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Now & Then: The Espinosa Brothers – Part Three
Posted onBy 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 […]
Now and Then: The Espinosa Brothers – Part Two
Posted onBy 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 […]
Now & Then: The Espinosa Brothers
Posted onBy Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Now: I first became aware of the Espinosa Brothers when I met James Perkins at the El Pueblo Museum and Book Store on November 3, 2000. I purchased a couple of his books including, Tom Tobin: Frontiersman. The story captivated me, especially when I read that the brothers started their rampage […]
Where the Bison Roam…or Stand
Posted onBack in 1892 it was reported there was still a herd of bison roaming Colorado, thought to be the largest herd running wild outside Yellowstone National Park. Known as the Lost Park buffalo herd, they roamed the Lost Park national reservation in Park County.[1] Unfortunately for them, despite the designation of a national reservation, there […]