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The hotel that maybe was

by Carolyn Newman WALSENBURG — What would make a hotel disappear? Certainly it would not be an employee’s poor spelling (see the illustration). Would it

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How to skin a mule

by Carolyn Newman WESTERN USA — Why were skilled mule packers considered so valuable in early days? Didn’t the mule skinners just throw the packs on

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Free land for sale…

but watch for loneliness, lightning, and rattlesnakes by Carolyn Newman EAST OF I-25 — With a new law in 1916, the United States allowed homesteading

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