Journals of a Colorado Cowhand
By Maggie Magoffin
I recently had the pleasure of sharing breakfast with a group of extended family members and some of their extended family members, where I met and shared conversation with Lois Smith of Baggs, Wyoming. The conversation at our end of the table went to the subject of me being a writer of historical fiction, and I shared how I have this column in the Weekly Register-Call. I said I am always looking for stories about people from the area, and Lois asked if I had heard of a man by the name of Val Fitzpatrick. She said she knew he was born in Georgetown, Colorado, and he wrote stories from his journals as a cowhand. As a girl, Lois enjoyed reading his true-to-life stories and suggested I might enjoy reading them as well.
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