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And the West is History

50 YEARS AGO: “It took the volunteer fire department, the city police, the city maintenance crew, and many concerned citizens to outwit the culprit, but residents will be relieved to kno...

DATE: Oct 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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50 YEARS AGO: “One of top women skiers: Looking forward to an exciting and busy winter in Durango is a newcomer who has had many exciting and busy winters before. Linda Meyers Tikalsky, ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

50 YEARS AGO: “Meet the candidates: Avis Harris, Democrat, is running against William Poer, Republican, for La Plata County Assessor. Poer was born and raised in Texas and moved to Duran...

DATE: Sep 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 YEARS AGO: “Harvest Festival gets underway Friday: The annual Pinto Bean Harvest Festival will have 13 categories for the pinto bean cook and three for the apple pie bakers. The conte...

DATE: Sep 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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50 YEARS AGO: “Unusually warm fall here: In case you thought it was unusually warm Friday, it was. The temperature registered a high of 87 degrees for Friday and 80 degrees for Saturday....

DATE: Sep 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

75 YEARS AGO: “Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Kiva: Rita Hayworth, Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell in ‘Blood and Sand,’ in magnificent Technicolor.” 50 YEARS AGO: “Final...

DATE: Sep 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “If Cave Basin was situated near Cripple Creek or Leadville, the camp would be played up as one of the greatest discoveries of a lifetime, says the Ignacio Chieftain. But ...

DATE: Sep 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Bayfield narrowly defeated: In the most interesting game of the season, the Smelter defeated Bayfield 6 to 5. But it took 10 innings to get the necessary margin. Both tea...

DATE: Sep 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Durango’s first newspaper editor dead: Mrs. Caroline Romney, pioneer newspaper publisher and editor, died Thursday at the home of her sister. Mrs. Romney came to Colorado...

DATE: Sep 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A Treat: The Rex Theatre is making special inducements to the school kids showing 5 E’s on their report card at the end of September. The students will be given free tick...

DATE: Sep 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

75 YEARS AGO: “Wave goodbye to household drudgery: With the 101 jobs every homemaker has to do, it’s a grand and glorious feeling to assign Reddy Kilowatt to kitchen tasks. That’s what t...

DATE: Sep 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “New malady attacks cows and horses: Stockmen are alarmed by rapid spread of ‘tongue-and-mouth’ disease. A hitherto unknown disease has extended to practically all stock-g...

DATE: Sep 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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