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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 YEARS AGO: “Five-room house with bath for rent, modern, $15 per month.” 75 YEARS AGO: “‘At least 90% of Durango tourists are on their way to Mesa Verde in June. Later i...

And the West is History

100 YEARS AGO: “The modern young woman is often a bundle of nerves, high-strung, fainting spells, emotional, and frequently blue and dissatisfied with life ... such girls should be helpe...

And the West is History

100 YEARS AGO: “District Attorney slays own father: DA Barney Whatley shot and killed his father at the latter’s ranch in Breckenridge.” 75 YEARS AGO: “Prairie dogs are fin...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Court tells jury that a man charged with selling mortgaged cattle is not guilty.” 75 years ago: “A University of Denver art teacher returns to his hometown ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The county road crew has almost reached Sheridan Junction, and by the end of the week, the new Ouray-Silverton road will be open to the county line.” 75 yea...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A new and mysterious type of prehistoric ruin was discovered in Mesa Verde National Park. The ruin was a type hitherto unknown in the park.” 75 years ago: “...

And the west is history

100 years ago: “The whole San Juan is interested in the improvement of the fish hatchery, for the reason that practically all fish placed in the San Juan streams by the state of Colorado...

And the west is history

100 years ago: “A D & R Railroad engineer ran amok yesterday and created considerable disturbance in Chama and Durango. For some time his associates have recognized his mental condition ...

And the West is History

50 years ago: “Durango firemen answered a call at 10:02 p.m. Wednesday to Main Avenue and 15th street where there had been a fire in a car belonging to Orville Horn. The fire, out when f...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “One-hundred sixty people perished in a series of tornadoes in Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, and Kentucky.” 75 years ago: There’s only one sure...

And the West is History

100 Years Ago: “Pled Guilty: W.H. Welch who was apprehended Saturday for the purloining of a couple of Stilson wrenches from the Colorado Cold Storage Company, one of which was later tur...

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Roy W. Secord, who for the past 12 years has operated a dental technician’s laboratory in Durango, has accepted a civil service position as technician in an Army hospital ...
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