Dirt andBroomsby

Kent Brooks

So Who Am Iand How Am I Connected to All of This?

How Did I Started Writing Down Stories I

Heard My Whole Life

Vesta Tuna????....You mean

Vesta Tune?

Photo Courtes6y of Johnny Jameson

So Where is the

Broomcorn Capital of the World?

1876

How many of you raised

Broomcorn?

1911 Photo Courtes6y of Ron Wilson

1929

1942

How many Acres of

Broomcorn did you grow?

Handling broomcorn bales was more technique than

brawn. When I was a teenager I could lift a

400lb. bale 6 inches off of the floor and turn 90

degrees with it. But it was all in knowing how to do it.

-Charles Taylor

Back to the question where is

Broomcorn Capital of the World?

1971

The 3 Main “Broomcorn

Capital of the World” Eras

1860’s-1900 Arcola IL I1900-1930’s Lindsey

OK1940’s-1974 Baca

County

1955

How many Broomcorn Farms were counted in

1974?

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