National Day of the Cowboy

Ernest Christison (Drawing by Katy Kinder from a photograph) Today, July 26, is National Day of the Cowboy. I thought it an appropriate time...

Researching Chaffee County in the 1870 Census

Until 1879, Chaffee County was the southern part of Lake County. The 1860 and 1870 census will show people who lived in what is now Chaffee ...

Researching Ernest Christison's Story

Dr. Wendell Hutchinson, Connie, John and Gayle (Salida 1981) Have you ever had a story that stayed with you? For years?  I took a Colorado h...

Lake County and Chaffee County

One of the things I need to mention about the Lake County War (read November 29 post) is that it took place in what is now Chaffee County. I...