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Wildcat Lore

The “Spud King” of Douglas and Denver Counties

By CPC | Feb 27, 2024

Swashbuckler! Now there’s a colorful term seldom used today. One historical character that comes immediately to mind is D.C. Oakes of our Wildcat Mountains. Another bold, flamboyant and larger-than-life figure…

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The Sedalia Perrys: Woes and blessings

By CPC | Jan 29, 2024
old portrait of lady from 1800s

Worn down by dismal life opportunities available to them in Somerset, England, Elizabeth Ann Dowden and her husband James Perry packed up, leaving the Isles in 1848. With sons James…

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Three Sobey generations in Wildcat Mountain’s shadows

By CPC | Dec 28, 2023

      Born in Lostivefel, England in 1844 during the reign of King Edward VII, Frank Sobey was raised in Dubuque, Iowa, where his parents had immigrated. Against their…

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Bud’s Bar: A history between the tracks

By CPC | Nov 27, 2023
men standing behind bar

  If you’ve lived in Douglas County more than a few years and haven’t been to Bud’s Bar in Sedalia, you ain’t nobody.  Whoa!  Let me be more sensitive.  You’ve…

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Gove Creek happenings: the Dakans and frontier justice

By CPC | Oct 29, 2023
old photo from the 20th century

Have you ever hiked Sandstone Ranch?  It is a grand, sculpted piece of Douglas County open space inventory bounded by Gove Creek and located south of Highway 105 and the…

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The Buntains: early is as early does

By CPC | Sep 1, 2023
black and white photo of old school house

Young people of the 21st century seem to be marrying later and fretting more, enjoying the lack of early responsibilities prior to taking on life-altering commitments.  A good plan if…

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Lightning strikes twice

By CPC | Jul 1, 2023
photo of allis ranch in oval

…in Greenland   Until it burned to the ground again on May 11th of this year, the tallest building in Greenland, Colorado was a weather-seasoned red barn that was first…

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The Manharts of Sedalia: Core capital

By CPC | May 28, 2023

Writers have a tendency to hype their subjects. After all, why write about them if they were merely good? With the Sedalia Manhart Family, no doubt remains about their seminal…

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The truth? Failure was the norm

By CPC | May 1, 2023

For years, many have lionized larger than life men and women who made our Douglas County great. As it should be. But the reality of pioneering outcomes in these parts…

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Bluntly Speaking…

By CPC | Apr 1, 2023

One of the more vibrant Wildcat histories is that of the Blunt family. It began 60 years after we became a nation in Franklin, Missouri. After son John Elmer, “John…

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