dirt and brooms
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Dirt andBroomsby
Kent Brooks
So Who Am Iand How Am I Connected to All of This?
How Did I Started Writing Down Stories I
Heard My Whole Life
Vesta Tuna????....You mean
Vesta Tune?
Photo Courtes6y of Johnny Jameson
So Where is the
Broomcorn Capital of the World?
1876
How many of you raised
Broomcorn?
1911 Photo Courtes6y of Ron Wilson
1929
1942
How many Acres of
Broomcorn did you grow?
Handling broomcorn bales was more technique than
brawn. When I was a teenager I could lift a
400lb. bale 6 inches off of the floor and turn 90
degrees with it. But it was all in knowing how to do it.
-Charles Taylor
Back to the question where is
Broomcorn Capital of the World?
1971
The 3 Main “Broomcorn
Capital of the World” Eras
1860’s-1900 Arcola IL I1900-1930’s Lindsey
OK1940’s-1974 Baca
County
1955
How many Broomcorn Farms were counted in
1974?
1970swww.bacacountyhistory.comkentbrooks@kentbrooks.com307 215 9777
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