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And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: “Mrs. Robert Van Horn, a leader in the local campaign to bring down grocery prices, was in yesterday with a progress report. She and Mrs. Paul Erickson, both of whom had wr...

And the West is History

25 years ago: As far as the Post Office is concerned, the Christmas season has begun. Michaele A. Hall, superintendent of postal operations for the Durango Post Office, has released a li...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Incumbents stressed their experience. Challengers stressed their qualifications and asked for a chance to gain experience in office. This was the dominant theme of the loca...

And the West is History

50 years ago: In the meeting of the La Plata County Commissioners Tuesday, Phil Bigham of Ernst Engineering Co. recommended to the commissioners that the speed limit at various points al...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Youngsters gathered at the Santa Rita Neighborhood House on Monday afternoon to carve jack-o’-lanterns for Halloween Monday night. VISTA Worker Karna Clark, whom the childr...

And the West is History

50 years ago: The junior high school students of the Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episcopal churches will be out trick-or-treating for UNICEF. The young people with their offici...

And the West is History

50 years ago: The District Attorney’s office asks the public to be on the lookout for broken bits of mirror glass and .45 caliber shells. These items are wanted as evidence in the myst...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Three young men are proof that the spirit of adventure is as alive today as it ever was. Bruno Egloff, Werner Muller and Richard Buechi, of Durnten, Switzerland, appeared i...

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: More than 100 housewives and a scattering of husbands met Wednesday evening in St. Mark’s hall in an orderly and dignified manner to discuss the cost of groceries in Durang...

And the West is History

50 Years AGO: The new livestock pavilion at La Plata County Fairgrounds will be an ice skating rink this winter, and a governing committee met with the county commissioners Tuesday at th...

And the West is History

50 Years AGO: Robert L. Bennett, commissioner of Indian Affairs, said this morning that the bureau is studying the problem of providing greater services to the Mountain Utes at Towaoc, s...

And the West is History

50 Years ago: Two teenagers are in satisfactory condition in Mercy Hospital today after their car rolled down a 585 foot embankment on Molas Pass at 3:50 p.m. Sunday. Stanley David Harri...
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