Richard Ballantine recognized for service to education
Longtime FLC benefactor to receive award for contributions
DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
And the West is History
100 years ago: Durango schools encountered, again, the problem of certain grades being overcrowded, as a result of a rise in attendance that had continued for three years. The overflow w...
DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
And the West is History
100 years ago: An advertisement said, “Dandruff causes a feverish irritation of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loosen and then the hair comes out fast. To stop falling hair at once an...
DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
And the West is History
100 years ago: Sheriff G.S. Todd of Montezuma County arrived in Durango from Pueblo, where he took a youth to be placed “in the home of the feeble-minded.”
75 years ago: Id...
DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
And the West is History
100 years ago: An advertisement read, “La Plata Rooming House has changed hands, and under the management of Mrs. Levan the rooms are kept warm and clean. When in the city overnight try ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
And the West is History
100 years ago: The Bulldozer Mine, which had been out of business “for quite some time,” would open as soon as the necessary repairs could be made to the property.
75 years...
DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
And the West is History
100 years ago: The most damaging winter storm to have “visited this section in years” caused a complete telephone service outage, which limited communication to the railroad and Western ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
Powerhouse reflects on 2017 to ignite a bright 2018
Milestones from last year will propel center’s future
DATE: Jan 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
And the West is History
100 years ago: The Rev. R.C. Byers of Silverton arrived in Durango from Denver and “was much put out” after the train didn’t run up north, preventing him from getting home to receive a c...
DATE: Jan 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
And the West is History
100 years ago: A specimen of ore that was brought to Durango from a property two miles north of Needleton was conservatively estimated at “$30,000 to the ton.”
75 years ago...
DATE: Jan 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
And the West is History
100 years ago: Miss Elizabeth Hawkey, “a very attractive little lady,” arrived from the east the night before to take charge of the millinery department at Stein’s.
75 year...
DATE: Jan 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
And the West is History
100 years ago: It was rumored that Woodrow Wilson would not give an inaugural ball at the White House March 4.
75 years ago: A blizzard on Cumbres Pass held up trains from ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
