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Forrest Stone
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: 375-4566

And the West is History

100 years ago: A notice about the gasoline shortage in the United States said: “Everyone you meet is yelling for gasoline and not a gallon to be had in town. The dealers say there is thr...

Halloween DUI blitz applies heat through Wednesday

Last year’s crackdown arrested 296 impaired drivers

And the West is History

100 years ago: Jim Quintana advertised that his wife of Mexican Flats had “done gone quit her meal ticket.” 75 years ago: Hubert Jennings, a former employee of Montgomery W...

Colorado ramps up bat-awareness leading up to Halloween

National Bat Week is held Oct. 24-31 yearly

And the West is History

100 years ago: E.K. Boyd of “the gent’s furnishing department at Graden’s” returned to Silverton to “take up his work there.” He planned to manage his store with Mrs. Boyd as soon as he ...

Colorado ramps up bat-awareness leading up to Halloween

National Bat Week is held Oct. 24-31 yearly

And the West is History

100 years ago: Twenty-seven cars of cattle, on the way to the eastern markets from Dolores, passed through Durango. 75 years ago: The N.O.W. Thimble Club held a meeting at ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: In response to the “plenty of water on hand and no limit as to hours” in Durango, all water consumers were “earnestly requested to sprinkle the street in front of their pr...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A shortage of gasoline was reported, and “there seemed to be a rustle on the part of several to stock up.” 75 years ago: A dance at the Long Lane school was ...

Four Corners’ future topic of economic conference

Regional forum will be held Nov. 1-2 in Farmington

And the West is History

100 years ago: Under the direction of W.E. Duggan, secretary of Durango Trust Co., “Patriotic gentlemen” Patrick Sheridan, “genial kitchen engineer” of the Western Power Co.; Richard Nel...

Durango chefs to collaborate, create at Strater

SASO fundraiser is in its ninth year