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Reading Old Time Newspapers: A Primer

July 3, 2018kentbrooksComment(0)

It feels great to find interesting tidbits in old newspapers—for me it has been part of researching my book, for others, it may be finding an obituary, marriage announcement, or other types of notice. But sometimes historical newspapers used abbreviations and terms that are no longer common, leaving some of us scratching our heads. Let’s […]

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Pre order "Old Boston: As Wild As They Come" now for the July 2, 2018 release date!

May 22, 2018kentbrooksComment(0)

The back cover of my book is a 2017 picture from what would have been South Main Street Boston, Colorado 1886-1889. We often think of the old days in black & white when actually the sunsets then were as just as brilliant as ours.  Reserve your Amazon pre-order at the link below to read the […]

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Pre sales orders for "Old Boston: As Wild As They Come" will open soon.

May 14, 2018kentbrooksComment(0)

Old Boston: Wild As They Come will be here shortly…  On November 16, 1886, four members of the Boston Town Company stopped on the Southeast Colorado plains to stake out and establish Boston, Colorado. Frontier newspaperman Sam Konkel joined the town company and promoted Boston as “The Utopian City of the Plains.” Built to catch […]

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