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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Sugar beet men looking to Durango. Denver representative of bank owning Monte Vista factory here to arrange with local farmers. Promise factory. If required acreage is obtain...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Four of the handsomest men in the city stopped in an automobile in front of the Democrat office and on mandolin and guitar serenaded someone in the block with the latest popu...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The San Juan Creamery put into the local post office 107 letters containing checks aggregating $364.96, for the farmers of this section, in payment of cream delivered during ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “County Assessor Chubb and Deputy Bagby spent the day out in the hot sun on the North Side peddling tax schedules to all citizens who own coal sheds or chickens. Not even Inge...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “According to reports brought by railroad men, 27,500 tons of ore is in the ore mine bins at Silverton for immediate shipment to Durango. It is reported that 100 cars have bee...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Al Conyers brought down from the property operated by J.M. Clifford and himself a large tungsten sample. It weighed 80 pounds and was about 50 percent tungsten.” 7...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Black leg is slightly affecting stock down the Animas. All stock is being vaccinated. Some, a second time. Those that died were overfed with meal cakes, it is believed.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “There are many evidences that at last the Rico mining Company, which is the largest holder of mining claims in the Rico district, is preparing for some extensive developments...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The wolves now running in northern New Mexico are the biggest ever seen in this part of the west, and the leader, a monster that leaves footprints 4½ inches in diameter, is s...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Cider, unless it has been sterilized, is an intoxicating liquor and cannot be sold in Colorado under the provisions of the state prohibition law. ... It will be necessary the...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Steve Elkins, with armed assistants and a large pack of trained hunting hounds, will start a wolf-drive in the big Navajo Pasture located in northern New Mexico, to wipe out ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Conductor Grant Sanders is to be honored by name by Carter, Colorado parents, who became the parents of a lusty boy. The train from Telluride to Durango on which they were ri...
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