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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mrs. Olga Little was down from the Mayday country on a business and supply buying trip in connection with her packing contracts, trading incidentally at the Golden Rule Store...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Jim Laughren, postmaster and builder of the new town of Laughren, spent the day in the city on a merchandising and buying trip to stock up the big Laughren department store.”...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Felix Vandeweil, a prominent ranchman from the Animas Valley, looked after business matters in the city and visited other ranchers at the Durango Exchange Club rooms during t...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Charley Heathers, of the La Platas, spent the day in the city on a business- and supply-buying trip filling up at least one cash register with the good rural dinero.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: An advertisement read, “Millinery Sale Commencing Monday at Graden’s. Greatest sale of trimmed and untrimmed hats ever introduced in the city. 25 cents up to $3.75. You must s...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Two bushels of fine red and pink roses, the largest ever seen in that party of the city, were received by Mrs. Ross McGirr from her niece, Miss Lucy McGirr, who went down to ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. Ed McCaw, of the Florida Mesa were in the city, the former to look after business at the county offices and the latter to attend to shopping errands in the downt...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A hitherto unexplored ruin of the ancient cliff dwellers was discovered in the Mesa Verde Park by Rangers Fred Jeep and Clint Scarf, who worked for over a week to get into th...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “C.F. Werner and his wife and Miss Harwood, of Ignacio, were motor visitors in the city coming over especially to take in the performance of ‘The Honorable Gussie’ at Red Men ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Thirteen of the young friends of Miss Catherine Crowdis, who was 13 on June 13, surprised her. The evening was pleasantly spent in games and amusements, with refreshments of ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Harriah Ingraham will again appear with his company at Red Men Hall in a laughable comedy drama ‘The Honorable Gussie.’ The price will be reduced to 15 cents, 25 cents, 35 ce...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “With her clothing burned from her body and the flesh of her arms and back literally cooked by 24,000 volts of electricity from a high tension line of the Western Colorado Pow...
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