Bøger af Kent Brooks

These letters were sent from Indian Territory by those seeking land in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889. The adventurous writers sent home bits and pieces of news about new vocations, deaths, murders, births, fights, shootings, politics, prices for commodities and more. These land seekers, correspondents, cowboys and other citizens writing these letters provide a great historical record of the settlement of Indian Territory and the American west during the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889.

A nonfiction collection of letters sent "home" by those traveling west. This collection of letters were sent from Wyoming by those coming west. The adventurous writers sent home bits and pieces of news about marriages, new vocations, deaths, murders, births, fights, shootings, politics, prices for commodities and more. These correspondents, cowboys and other citizens writing these letters provide a great historical record of the settlement of Wyoming and the American west in the decade of the 1870s.

This story is a nonfiction account of the short-lived town of Boston, Colorado (1886-1889). The Boston Town Company came to Colorado trying to catch the railroad and become the county seat of a new Colorado county, but a county seat fight and the inability to lure the railroad doomed the town and wild gun battle put the final nail in the town

Kent Brooks is the author of "Old Boston: As Wild As They Come," has worked in higher education managing Information Technology and Distance Learning departments for colleges in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wyoming for more than 20 years.Growing up in Springfield, Colorado he listened to southeast Colorado stories about broomcorn, the dust bowl and cowboys of the large cattle companies. He is a long time blogger on various technology topics for his own blog KentBrooks.com as well as the local history blog Bacacountyhistory.com which covers topics about Baca County, Colorado, the most southeast county in Colorado. He currently works for Casper College in Casper, Wyoming.

News sent home of a new place "out west" was common as people were exploring the American West in the 1880s. Letters which they sent home included bits and pieces of the lives of former citizens ranging from reports of people traveling to engage in new vocations, marriage notices, deaths, and obits, murders, births, fights and shootings, legal notices, politics, prices for commodities and more. There was always some news being sent home of interesting happenings in the place to which someone had moved. For me, there has been no better way to retrace the steps of those who traveled west in the 1880s. Through these letters written to the folks back home, we will look further into the soul of the early days of Wyoming, in the decade of the 1880s.