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(Updated with End of the Line Arena Awards ) Slipping into Summer Cowboy Style
We enjoyed heat and humidity this past Saturday, as folks around Granada and Bristol gathered to celebrate their annual Granada-Bristol Days celebration. The Lamar VFW Honor Guard led the way for the annual parade through Granada, leading residents out to the park where they could enjoy a day of activities, including the annual alumni gathering […]
Camp Amache Barracks Being Rebuilt
Section by section, portions of Camp Amache near Granada are being restored to represent the scope of life in the internment camp used to hold over 4,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. A water tower and a guard tower have been rebuilt and now work is underway reconstructing a former barracks between the two […]
Baxter Black, Top Entertainment for Farm City Banquet
“So what is it that you do for a living?” Johnny Carson asked Baxter Black when he was a guest on his late night show, back around 1984. “Well sir, I speak at agricultural banquets,” Baxter Black replied, which, he said, left Johnny Carson somewhat perplexed. No one attending the annual Lamar Chamber Farm-City Banquet […]
Pony Time at Juniper Village
Juniper Village residents in Lamar had more to enjoy than warm sunshine this past Wednesday, October 9, as Pat Palmer and Shirley Pampus provided some live entertainment. Palmer, who over the years, has become interested in wagon lore of the old west and general reconditioning and construction of the vehicles, brought a miniature ‘fore […]
Family Fun Night & Just for Kids at Sand and Sage Fair
When folks want a good time, neither hot days nor rainy mornings will keep them away from the Sand and Sage Fair. Hundreds of people came out for the Tuesday afternoon and evening Family Night at the fairgrounds. Youngsters cooled off kayaking around a small, man-made pond along the roadway or sampled cups of chilled […]
Unearthing the Past at Bent’s New Fort
Several local students and some from the archeology department at the University of Colroado, Colorado Springs, were at the dig site of Bent’s New Fort earlier this month. Under the guidance of Richard Carrillo of Cuartelejo HP Associates of La junta, the students used small shovels and metal detectors to probe the remains of […]
GoCo Reps Host Community Luncheon, Board Meeting for Prowers County
Members of the State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund wrapped up a busy two day visit to Lamar and Prowers County this past Tuesday, April 16. GoCo uses proceeds from the state lottery to provide funding for recreational outlets in Colorado and since 1994 has contributed $8.1 million for projects in Prowers, […]
Prowers Lodging Panel Funds May Events
Four of the five funding requests to the Prowers Lodging Tax Panel were approved by board members during their monthly meeting, Monday, February 19. The annual Wild West BBQ Contest is partnering with the Cinco de Mayo celebration this year at Willow Creek Park, and there are plans to include a Low Rider Car […]
Pat Palmer Receives Award
On January 19, the Bent’s Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association began its 19th year with a standing-room crowd only at the John W. Rawlings Center in Las Animas. Over 75 members and guests attended the meeting which began with a catered noon meal. After lunch, Roger Slusher, President of the Santa Fe […]
History Comes Alive at The Star School in Bent County
One of the major restoration tasks to the Star School on U.S. Highway 50 was highlighted this past Wednesday, October 31, when a replacement stone was added to the front wall of the historic building. Pat Palmer, local southeast Colorado history buff, has been working to preserve and restore the one room school which dates […]
Chilly Weather Deters Crowds at Oktoberfest
You plan on an event a year away and hope for the best weather, but in southeast Colorado it’s always a toss up. By noon on Saturday, October 7, the downtown thermometer was stuck on 42 degrees and hardly marked any upward progress. The Friday evening and overnight rains, coupled with the low temperatures on […]
Lodging Panel Funds October MMA, Sets 2013 Budget
The Prowers Lodging Tax Panel voted to approve half the funding request for a MMA, Mixed Martial Arts Event in Lamar to coincide with the annual Oktoberfest celebration on October 6. Local resident, Arnulfo Ortega, who helped coordinate the first MMA event held in Lamar, said he and a new promoter, Gabriel Charboneau from […]
Wagons Rolling East
He goes by the name of ‘Lee the Horselogger’ and has been slowly taking his wagons and horse team eastward for the past few months, 100 miles a week, from Eugene, Oregon and East Glacier, Montana, heading to Massachusetts. “It’s a trip I’ve been making for over five and a half years. I’ve been traveling […]
Letter to the Editor
To The Voters in Prowers County Please VOTE NO to recall Candy Ruedeman, Director on PMC’s hospital board! We need her years of hospital experience to be a contributor to our hospital. There are 3 questions on the ballot: 2 questions address if there should be a recall at all. The third question addresses a […]
Lodging Panel Approves Events to Close Year of Funding
All three requests received funding during the last meeting of the year by Lodging Tax Panel Board members, although not all votes were unanimous. Mary Breslin, Lamar Ledger publisher, requested funding for a full page ad in the paper’s tourism publication, Discover Magazine. The board voted to approve a half page advertisement at $350 focusing […]
An Ill Wind Blows in Before the Games Begin
Photos by Russ Baldwin – click a picture for a larger image. The torrential rain and wind storm that swept through Lamar and Prowers County Thursday night, August 5, brought us some more much-needed precipitation to the area, but did it have to come in at 65 mph? Those were probably some of the thoughts […]
City Council Discusses Creation of Marketing District
The concept of a marketing district in Lamar was briefly discussed during the city council’s work session on Monday, June 27. A marketing district would parallel some actions of the Lodging Tax Panel, but would derive its funding from an additional tax on lodging in Lamar only, not the entire county. A different set of […]
Young Santa Fe Historians Camp in Lamar
Several busloads of youngsters from the Wamego, Kansas area, ages 8 to 12, had on overnight stop in Lamar this past Tuesday, June 7. This was the last leg of their journey along the Santa Fe Trail, a 12 day educational trip that combined sightseeing and learning about the history of the Trail. Janet Armistead, […]
Something ‘Fishy’ About Good Morning Lamar Breakfast
Photos by Russ Baldwin & Molly Gearhart Residents kicked off their Lamar Days weekend with the traditional Wake Up’ breakfast of biscuits/gravy, eggs and bacon at the Lamar Elks Lodge, Friday, May 13. In honor of Lamar’s 125th anniversary, some elder Honkers produced a skit, reminiscent of older days when they were younger men. Bill […]
Lamar Planning to Bid to Host State High School Rodeo Finals
Pat Palmer, Cade Spitz and Tim Tunink approached the Prowers County Commissioners March 29 with options involved in having Lamar and Prowers County host the 2012 and 2013 Colorado State High School Rodeo Finals. The events were held in Lamar for the first time in 2009 and 2010, after which Craig, Colorado received the two-year […]