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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A two-month old coyote pup was shipped by express to Hornell, New York. The animal was sent by Mrs. James Leonard to relatives, whose neighbor’s chickens have been bothering ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “C.F. Davis went up to Silverton to join the other painters employed by George Goodman on contract work there. The work includes the painting of several dwellings and the buil...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Autoists who spent Sunday up the Pine River report very poor fishing in that stream – probably because it was Sunday.” 75 years ago: An advertisement for Hood Mort...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Autoists returning from a trip down the river paid a compliment to the road work of Road Overseer Paxton and advised motor parties going down the river to take the route on t...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A.J. Geoglein, of Telluride, came down from Tacoma, where he has just completed the welding of a 3,000 h.p. wheel for the power company. He expects to remain in the city seve...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The search of the Animas River for the bodies of the two boys drowned last week was delayed by a break-down of the motorboat that is being used in the quest. The break is of ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The smelter reported the biggest day of the season, having unloaded 14 cars of ore from the mines of the Rico, La Plata and Silverton districts.” 75 years ago: “Ni...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Buckskin Charley, Nanece, Manuel, Steve and a number of other Ute Indians from the reservation at Ignacio, with their wives and families, camped in town for a time. The party...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The delivery team of the Otis-McGirr Mercantile Company is wrestling the runaway laurels from the San Juan Creamery team with the regularity and precision of its dashes up th...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The school board has employed Miss Majorie Vinton, who has been teaching at Bayfield, and Miss Marie Matley, as grade teachers for the coming season, subject to assignment by...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Arrivals from Silverton report a heavy frost there, and say it was so cold all the fireworks were frozen up. The Silverton miners all came down here to celebrate or disperse ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Rev. Alexius Croke, son of Mrs. Margaret Croke, of North Durango, and a native of Durango celebrates his first solemn high mass at St. Columba’s Church. He was ordained a...
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