As I Remember

By: Vera Huff Alderson

Narrated by: Marianne Moreland

Vera Huff Alderson’s memoir detailing her life homesteading in southeastern Colorado. A first-hand account of a families’ struggle to survive during the Great Depression and The Dust Bowl that devastated their world. Throughout the hardships and loss, the community of Baca County demonstrated their resilience and strength to weather the ravaging storms.

From youth to adulthood, Vera writes of her experiences living on the prairie, navigating rural education, and coming of age through countless adversities.

Originally published posthumously in 1986, this history has been retyped, updated, and expanded by Vera’s granddaughter, Elaine Berchdorf Judd. It now includes more pictures, letters and documents to help tell her story.

©1987, 2024 Vera Huff Alderson, Elaine Berchdorf Judd (P)2025 Elaine Berchdorf Judd

The glimpse into the turn of the last century

I liked the day to day stories of Vera’s life, the people she and her family had relationships with