15 Years Ago - April 2, 2010

• Wild Horse Roundup- Curtis Schrimp: The turkeys are kind of taking over here in town and Marty’ ranch. I just saw 35-40 down below Jim Lafferty’s.

25 Years Ago - April 7, 2000

• Colorado Kansas & Pacific Railroad will begin running trains on the rail line between Towner and North Avondale Junction next week.
• Brenda Fickenscher of Sheridan Lake was named Southeast Colorado Cattle Woman of the Year 2000.

40 Years Ago - April 5, 1985

• Omnibank named V. Kern Vincent as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the bank effective April 1, 1985.

50 Years Ago - April 4, 1975

• In Commemorating the Colorado Centennial in ‘76’, Kiowa County Commissioners Merle Shalberg, Roy Robertson, and Clyde Frazee received Centennial tie tacks from the Centennial Committee.
• A project for a year-round community center at Eads, to be built at the Kiowa County Fairgrounds, was recently approved by the Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial Commission.

75 Years Ago - April 7, 1950

• Out of 550 registered voters in town of Eads, 514 showed at the poles to cast their vote. In Haswell, some 80 voters went to the poles.

100 Years Ago - 1925

• Doings at Sunday’s Garage: We offer a cash prize of $5 to any party to make the most miles out of a gallon of Blue Ribbon gasoline.
• We had a Lincoln demonstration Thursday. C.A. Smith enjoyed the ride in the new Lincoln.