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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “With a two column red ink head on the front page, the Denver Post gives considerable space to the movement originating here for the establishment of a separate state, or terr...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Sam Stauffer, of Oklahoma City, a brother of Ben Stoffer, the Democrat’s linotyper, arrived in the city to take up the machine work at the Herald office. Sam is a big upstand...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Secretary Wilson, of the Durango Exchange, has a job on a ranch for a willing worker, that pays $30 a month and board. He says he wants to fill the place at once so as to kee...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Eight cars of cattle were brought up last night in the Farmington train from Farmington, shipped by Catchpole and Hatcher to the Pagosa Springs range, for which point they wi...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Ralph Foley was running around town with a sidecar on his motorcycle, which he just got in from the Excelsior works. It’s a nifty arrangement to carry your girl, all right, a...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A. Fuller Hood, elected by the people on April 6 with a big majority, to be mayor of Durango, finally after a futile contest and effort by former mayor Scouton to hang onto h...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Staver and Miller, practical mining men and lessees on the Incas Mines, are making good headway with development work that is calculated to open some large ore bodies in virg...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Charley Fleck, of the Savoy Hotel, left for the Lightner Creek country where his mining interests are calling louder than the trout in the mountain streams.” 75 ye...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Stork Rumors – According to the little birds, two or three visits of the high-altitude stork are expected within a few days in various parts of the city.” 75 years...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The chicken supper given by the ladies of the First Methodist Church was a most successful affair with nearly 150 persons partaking of the excellent repast.” 75 ye...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Basil Caramouzis, a mining contractor in the La Platas, who recently returned from spending the winter in Denver left to again take charge of operations on the properties in ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: An advertisement read: “Nurse having her own ranch in mountains, would like another insane patient to care for; five years experience; good doctor near; write for terms. Nurse...
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