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Close up of the front page of the Kiowa County Press from August 16, 1968.

Pages from the Past - From the 139-year history of the Kiowa County Press - February 1, 2026

Kiowa County Press historic front page. © KiowaCountyPress.net / Chris Sorensen

(Kiowa County Press)

15 Years Ago - February 4, 2011

  • The First National Bank of Las Animas elected Roger Saffer to its’ Board of Directors.
  • A number of Red Hat ladies had breakfast together at K & M Ranch House.

25 Years Ago - February 2, 2001

  • Kiowa County School Board RE-1 voted to approve bid for installation of carpet and tile the new high school addition and vetoed a request for home schooling.

40 Years Ago - January 31, 1986

  • Philomene Liesen, a well-known music educator in southeast Colorado and Wiley’s School music instructor, is to be inducted into Colorado Music Educators’ Hall of Fame.
  • Nineteen Plainview students participated in the Business Olympics at Lamar and received the first place trophy

50 Years Ago - January 301976

  • Greenwood’s Texaco Station on highway 287 & 96 was broken into and $250 of merchandise is missing.
  • The Eads Consumer Supply Company is about $30,000 short of its goal of securing $150,000 in Certificates of indebtedness necessary to purchase Haswell’s elevators.

100 Years Ago - 1926

  • A box social will be held at the Towner School Auditorium. Ladies, please bring boxes. Men bring your wallets. In addition, two reels of moving pictures will be shown.