September 2019
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100 Years Ago Today: Farmer and Hired Man Killed by Farmer’s Son
Twenty-year-old Ole Oren “Curtis” Slinde III shot and killed his father, Ole Oren Slinde Jr., as retribution for the death of his dog at his father’s hands. The Slinde family lived in Longmont, Colorado, where the younger Slinde brought home a dog a few days before the murder. Before killing his father, Slinde III also… Continue reading
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Local history enthusiast curious about how Colorado’s present is informed by the people and places of its past