Nelson Morgan, Leman Stumbaugh and Elmer Shafer are pictured eating watermelon in front of a sorghum mill on Stumbaugh’s place 10 miles east and one-half mile south of Holyoke in the late 1800s or early 1900s. Stumbaugh and Shafer were married to Morgan’s sisters, Jessie and Nancy. — source: Phillips County Museum
Five Years Ago
March 19, 2015
As of Monday, March 9, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 12 presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in the state.
As Phillips County’s new 4-H Extension agent, Jessie Stewart of Haxtun will be spending plenty of time at the Phillips County Fairgrounds. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
For the past year, Jessie Stewart has been making Phillips County home. As of March 6, though, she is in a new role that she hopes will bring her even closer to the community.
After the March 3 Colorado presidential primary and numerous Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses in other states, Joe Biden leads Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination.
March 16-20 will mark spring break for Holyoke Schools, and the City of Holyoke recreation department has three activities planned to keep kids busy and promote some of the area’s facilities.
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