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And the West is History

100 years ago: “Navajo Pete is up from the reservation telling his friends all about weather conditions in this section since the 19th Century was young. His knowledge of the subject ante-da...

DATE: Jul 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mrs. Newt Barton and Miss Pearl Roberts, who left Durango early Tuesday morning to walk to Mancos arrived at their destination Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. They spent the nig...

DATE: Jul 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The public library has been thoroughly renovated with new curtains placed at the windows and other things added, which greatly enhance the beauty of the interior of the buil...

DATE: Jul 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “On July 4, 1912, we shivered in a temperature of 42 degrees. Snow fell within five miles of town. July 4 the thermometer showed a temperature of 88 in the warmest part of the...

DATE: Jul 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Instead of the Fourth of July celebration being a long drawn out affair covering three or four days with nothing of special interest on the program the Durango celebration wi...

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Clem Russell will forget the troubles incident to the district clerk’s life for a few days. He was off to his Springs Creek Ranch with all the paraphernalia necessary for sha...

DATE: Jul 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mr. Ferguson, a stranger in Durango, presented to the City Council an application for a saloon license in the old Antler’s Saloon the quarters recently fitted up and known as...

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is history

100 years ago: “It will be wisdom for North Durango parents residing on Third Avenue to keep an eye out for ‘rattlers’ as several were killed in the section last year and they are showing up...

DATE: Jun 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “W.M. Graff is delivering some fine strawberries from his ranch, the Dunlap & Parson Beauty – he is delivering to the Durango Mercantile Company.” 75 years ago: “Wi...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Don McLean went upon the Vallecito again bound and determined to fetch home that big one which has taken so many of his hooks and leaders.” 75 years ago: “D.A. Jam...

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Hugo R. Buerger, partner in the famous firm of Buerger Brothers of Denver, came in on the Southern. Hugo can tell you more about hair tonics in the German language than a Fre...

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Don Thorton drove in his 3-year-old, 1,200 pound Percheron, a beauty in form, color and movement. Aside from high-class stock, Dan always has a Schutler or Bain wagon on the ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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