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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: BAYFIELD – “S.B. Edwards is moving the house formerly occupied by Pierson and Wilmer. It will be quite an addition to South Street.” 75 years ago: “A record crowd w...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Miss Florence Beatty, who recently resigned as a teacher in Durango schools, left for Seattle, accompanied by her cousin, Miss Lola Folsom. Miss Beatty goes to marry the Rev....

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A large attendance graced the annual firemen’s ball held at the Red Men Hall. The fire boys are to be congratulated on having a most successful and enjoyable affair.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Mayday hotel has changed hands, Mrs. J.W. Hubler, of Durango, and Mrs. J. Wanamaker, of Redmesa, having rented the place and are now operating it as a first-class hotel a...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A marvelous invention, which hydraulic, irrigation, power and sewage experts declare is certain to revolutionize pumping of all kinds all over the world, has been perfected i...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Clearing of railroad lines of immediate benefit to San Juan snowbound towns for food and fuel. Smelter gets busy clearing away enormous amount of ore which had been held up f...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Charles Eckburg, the first man who dared to make the trip down La Plata Canyon, with terrible snowslides running up and down the canyon for 10 miles, arrived in Durango with ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The D&RG train on the Silverton branch which started up the Animas Canon was stopped near Rockwood by the carcass of a big buck deer which had been killed by a mountain lion,...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Just 250 feet of ice, between 4 and 5 feet thick, remain on the right of way of the Rio Grande between here and Silverton, and after that is removed this forenoon, James McHo...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “News of marvelous new tungsten discoveries in San Juan County, is given in the Silverton Standard copies of which were brought over the great snowslides in the Animas Canon b...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Starving rodents reported to be ruining fruit trees in big tracts on the Florida, around Allison and up Montezuma Valley, in McElmo Canyon and Lake View districts – menace ap...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Superintendent R.T. McGraw and General Roadmaster C.W. Whitewield of this Division of the D&RG leave for the scene of the slides on the Silverton branch, where McGraw will re...
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