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And the West is History

100 years ago: A “child’s kid mitten” was found, and a notice was published in the classifieds. No contact information or details as to where it could be picked up were included. ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. W.B. Wheeler of Junction Creek commuted to La Plata City during the morning to spend a couple days with her friend, Mrs. Ernest Beach, who was slightly ill at the tim...

DATE: Jan 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: A Durango cartoonist illustrated his view of the recent presidential election in terms of gender, expressing that “the women of the species are more democratic than the ma...

DATE: Jan 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Miss Sharley Pike was able to leave Mercy hospital after three weeks undergoing treatment, and she was hopeful she would return to her profession as a school teacher befor...

DATE: Jan 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Predictions were made for the Silverton camp. It was expected to establish record ore shipments for January. 75 years ago: Buildings near the Pride of the We...

DATE: Jan 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: With the purpose of filing on Durango land, locals watched “a score or more” of cowboys ride into town, surprised to see their tattered clothes and “wiry ponies” resembled...

DATE: Jan 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: The Church of Christian Science held its regular 11 a.m. Sunday service, with Sunday school beginning an hour before at 10 a.m., at the Durango Public Library. The subject...

DATE: Jan 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Some advertised food prices included creamery butter for 35 cents, ranch butter for 40 cents, eggs for 40 cents, potatoes for $1.50, flour for $4.90-$5.20, sugar for $9-$9...

DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mr. and Mrs. Ross Nixon announced the birth of their first child, a baby girl. In other community news, Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Snyder and their children departed from Durango t...

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Among the staff members working at the First National Bank of Durango in January 1917 was president A.P. Camp, vice president J.L. McNeil, cashiers K.A. Gage and G.G. Gond...

DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Turkey Creek Lumber company manager A.E. Knapp was accepting bids for cutting and logging 8,000,000 feet of timber. Someone was selling home-cooked meals by the day, week ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: In an advert for Foley Kidney Pills by S.G. Wall Durango Drug Co., 87 year-old H.H. Adams swore by Foley-brand Kidney Pills when it came to ridding himself of “backache, s...

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

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