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And the West is History

100 years ago: Thomas and Johnnie Williams “blew in from Texas creek on the trail of a load of grub.” 75 years ago: Hollywood Dairy cut down their delivery service due to n...

DATE: May 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: E.C. Miller “moseyed in from Denver via the Eastern” and was “surprised to find Durango still on the map.” 75 years ago: A proposed reconstruction project to...

DATE: May 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Deadlines for health insurance companies announced

Public release of 2018 plans, premiums

DATE: Apr 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

100 years ago: There was a notice that stated, “Up in Silverton they’ve got down to the point where there’s only a few business houses and automobiles and teams that don’t support Old Gl...

DATE: Apr 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Classified for-sale advertisements included “two exceptionally good 7-year-old jacks” from H. Cook, “300 high-grade Shropshire ewes, unsheared, with lambs at side from reg...

DATE: Apr 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Crib-wall project set to begin on Molas Pass, last until October

Colorado Department of Transportation, with contractor Rock and Co., will begin to replace several under-highway retaining walls, known as crib walls, May 8 on Molas Pass to improve the safe...

DATE: Apr 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

April 29 100 years ago: Classified wanted advertisements included a “man cook and dining room girl” at the Arlington Hotel in Pagosa Springs, “coal miners for the Emma Mine at Dunton, ne...

DATE: Apr 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Platform men on the Rio Grande received good word from the railroad office that their pay would be increased from 16 cents an hour to 18 cents an hour. 75 ye...

DATE: Apr 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Pat Quinn dropped in from Junction Creek to “shake hands with friends and to load out a big batch of supplies.” 75 years ago: Increased physical training was...

DATE: Apr 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Charles Idle brought in eggs from the Animas Valley to trade at Graden’s. 75 years ago: There was an announcement that warned all industrial and institutio...

DATE: Apr 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Durango Fire Department reminds residents of burning regulations

Open burns in city prohibited

DATE: Apr 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

100 years ago: Harry A. Kelly of Dolores left Durango for Memphis, where he would “undergo another operation on his leg, that has caused him a great deal of pain the last two or three ye...

DATE: Apr 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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