Author - The Durango Herald

Forrest Stone

Position: Staff reporter

Phone Number: 375-4566

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. F.D. Burns was happy to announce that her health was improving, after being deathly ill the day before. He was said to be resting well, pleased he would live a bit lo...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Justus A. Gibbs, a train conductor and Durango local, became violent in his family home and was taken to jail by the Sheriff. He had been suffering from a mental condition...

DATE: Dec 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: The body of William Smith, 32, was found by searchers in the mountains about seven miles outside of Mancos. He died from exposure to the elements or pneumonia. ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Smelter reported a good year for 1916. An individual working professionally as a “financer” was labeled as a “low creature and disgusting ass.” Mrs. Sanger was being tried...

DATE: Dec 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Six basketball players from the College of Southern Utah escaped without injury after their car caught fire and exploded somewhere on the roadway between Wolf Creek Pass an...

DATE: Dec 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: The hog market had high activity during the morning, and was “under good demand,” with prices approximately a dime higher than average. Two “very fancy” loads of hogs arri...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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