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And the West is History

100 years ago: “The various raisers who brought in the 29 carloads of sheep took their purchases out. There were about 5,000 head of breeding ewes in the bunch.” 75 years ago: “A ...

DATE: Oct 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Joe Freed automobile which left the road at Wilson Gulch last week falling to the bottom of a deep arroyo, is now at the Jarvis garage. The machine had the fenders bent a...

DATE: Oct 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Financially, the Colorado-New Mexico Fair this year was much more successful than last year. The aeroplane last year cost a pile of money which was not present this year. The...

DATE: Oct 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The San Juan Basin Mountains, from Cave Basin, the Needles, Silverton, the La Platas and onto Rico, are chock-full of good mineral that has never even been prospected.” ...

DATE: Oct 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Whoever was ignorant enough to whitewash the seats in the grandstand at the fairgrounds, ought to be made to sit in the muss a while. Many people had their clothing ruined du...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Planting of 40 acres of memorial forest on the Lime Creek burn will be completed this week by the Forest Service. In the meantime, workmen for the Service have collected 75 bu...

DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is history

100 years ago: “It was a hard matter for visitors to find quarters in the city. Nearly every available bed was occupied and extra cots had to be pitched in halls and spare rooms for the acco...

DATE: Oct 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the west is History

100 years ago: “Durango school kids are not going to miss the Colorado-New Mexico Fair this week. The Durango schools will be dismissed Wednesday at noon for the rest of the week.” ...

DATE: Oct 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Prospects for a very successful fair with enormous crowds, plenty of amusements and extensive exhibits, were never better, according to directors of the Colorado-New Mexico F...

DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Butter prices showed an increase of two cents over last week, the quotations being 27 cents. The week’s butter production at the San Juan Creamery was 2,500 pounds.” ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “William Musser, an old-time hunter and trapper of the Lightner Creek section, delivered a bear to the Graden meat market. He killed the animal in the vicinity where he reside...

DATE: Oct 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Nineteen cars of cattle consigned to the Eastern markets passed through Durango from Dolores.” 75 years ago: “It wasn’t the old pine tree of the ballad that they c...

DATE: Oct 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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