The March 2019 issue of the Colfax Cobblestones newsletter is at the printer, and it will be mailed to CAHS members on March 21.
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Colfax Area Historical Society (CAHS) and Colfax Heritage Museum (CHM)
We research and share the history of the Colfax Area, operate a museum, and work with other organizations to understand and appreciate our local history.
The March 2019 issue of the Colfax Cobblestones newsletter is at the printer, and it will be mailed to CAHS members on March 21.
Colfax Area Historical Society (CAHS) and Colfax Heritage Museum (CHM) 
My 3rd Great Uncle Ammiel Brickell was shot and killed in Colfax and is among the earliest graves in the Colfax Cemetery. Here is a link to the newspaper article about the hanging of the young man who had worked for him and his two brothers – EJ and Barzillai Brickell – at their saloon in Illinoistown and who shot. They had fired him and he ran off with Ammiel’s 15 year old daughter. When they finally returned to town there was a confrontation and young Samuel Garrett shot Ammiel Brickell dead. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46502345/ammiel-brickell https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9699054/wm_s_kelly_executed_for_killing_of/?xid=637
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