If you would like to volunteer to do lookups from local resources, please contact me.
| Prowers County Clerk & Recorder 301 S. Main County Building Lamar, CO 81052 Phone: (719) 336-4337 Prowers County Government |
Lamar Public Library 104 E. Parmenter Lamar, CO 81052 Phone: (719) 336-4632 Lamar Public Library |
| Lamar Community College 2401 S. Main Lamar, CO 81052 Phone: (719) 336-2248 |
Lamar Daily News 310 S. 5th Street Lamar, CO 81052 Phone: 719-336-2266 http://www.lamardaily.com/ |
| Big Timbers Museum (Prowers County Historical Society) 7515 U.S. Hwy 50 Lamar, CO 81052 Phone: (719) 336-2472 Prowers County Historical Society |
Prowers County Genealogical Society P. O. Box 929 Lamar, Colorado 81052 |
| Granada Town Clerk 109 E. Goff Avenue Granada, CO 81041 Phone: (719) 336-5411 |
Holly City Clerk 302 S. Main Holly, CO 81047 Phone: (719) 537-6622 |
| Holly Library 119 E. Cheyenne Holly, CO 81047 Phone: (719)-527-6650 |
Lamar High School |
Mailing lists are available for PROWERS, BENT, AND KIOWA COUNTIES. If you are interested in subscribing to one or all, please click on the county(ies). All you have to do is type in "SUBSCRIBE" and the computer will take care of the rest!
Hallie Smeltz Martinson has cemetery and marriage books for Prowers County. Her email is HDBM@aol.com
Vicky Eads lives in the area and also has several books at her disposal. She maybe reached at 4711@pld.com
Ruby Wilde at: WildeTwoWilde@aol.com
1. Southeast Colorado Cemetery Index published by the Prowers County Genealogical Society, 1994
2. Lamar Colorado 1886-1986 100 All American Years compiled by the Lamar Centennial History Committee
3. Prowers County, Colorado, A Prowers County History by Ava Betz, published by the Prowers County Historical Society 1986
4. Historical Sites, Prowers County Colorado 1976. A booklet of historical sites in Prowers County complied by the Centennial Committee. A brief history of 29 Prowers County Historical Sites.
5. Dedication Prowers County Building and Unveiling of the World War Veterans' Memorial, Prowers County, Colorado August 1, 1929. Lists the first officers of the County after the election held November 5, 1889. Lists the officers in 1929-1930 and provides information about the Prowers County building at the time of the 1929 dedication.
Also available, the Lamar Union High School yearbooks for 1952, 1953, 1954, and 1955.
Arlene Fegan has volunteered to do lookups at the FHC in Oregon.
You may contact Arlene at: threads@hwy97.net
To help in your endeavors, here are a few links:
A 138-year History of Colorado Newspapers -CHECK THIS OUT! It contains lists of all newspapers published at one time or another in Colorado, as well as significant events in Colorado history.
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