Archive for September 2nd, 2025
Lions Club American Flag project nearly complete with installation of flagpole on Prowers County Courthouse lawn
The Lamar Lions Club is seeing their American Flag project come to fruition. An enormous crane was parked on East Elm Street and visible from nearly anywhere in the city, even the Arkansas River bridge north of town. Installation of the 80-foot flagpole was done by Duffy Crane and Hauling and it went off without […]
Barbara Crimond | Sep 02, 2025 | Comments 0
1914 Massacre at Colorado coal mine camp a turning point in workers’ rights in US
A tense miners’ strike escalated to violence on April 20, 1914 at a Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Mine in Las Animas County, involving Colorado National Guard raiding a camp of striking coal miners. Today, the Ludlow Massacre is widely recognized as a pivotal turning point in the struggle for workers’ rights in the United […]
Barbara Crimond | Sep 02, 2025 | Comments 0
