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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “$10 each was contributed to the police court revenues by three young men who were arrested and charged with disturbance as the result of a bunch of loud talking on Main Avenu...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Lost – in post office gold-handled umbrella with name ‘Ethel’ engraved on handle, reward for return.” 75 years ago: “A fraternal event of much interest to the San ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “E.R. Chambers sold 500 steers to Denver Latham and 100 steers to Lynn Crawford. The sale amounted to about $23,000 and makes one of the biggest deals that has been pulled off...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Three prospective citizens applied to District Clerk Clem Russell for their first naturalization papers. The three are Rudolph Moser, Louis Marchetti and Charles Bartolotti, ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Lee Ayers, who recently underwent an operation on his knee, which was injured in a motorcycle accident, is able to be about on crutches.” 75 years ago: “Work is be...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The city commissioners refused to permit the barber under the Burns National Bank to erect his pole on the corner of Main and Ninth Street, holding that it was against public...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Silverton train brought down four cars of ore from that camp. One from Sunnyside to Durango, one from the same mine to the United States Zinc Company at Blende, Colorado,...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Planning to leave the murky moll of the city and settle down peacefully on a little farm, John Olbert, proprietor of the La Plata Bottling Works, has purchased the J.W. Sites...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Nine cars of wool came in on the Rio Grande Southern train bound for eastern markets. The Farmington train added two cars to the eastern shipment, and local wool growers are ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A large armful of apricot blossoms brought up by Mike Hurley from the Farmington section and displayed later at the Strater Hotel bar, served to prove the late spring suffere...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. O.F. Boyle moved from their residence on Third Avenue to the apartment over the Fulton Market on Main Avenue.” 75 years ago: “Fire of unknown origin c...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “James Glenn of Hesperus came in to get Mrs. Glenn, who has been for some time a patient at the Ochsner hospital, and found on arriving at the institution that he was the fath...
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