And the West is History

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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...

DATE: Feb 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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...

DATE: Feb 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The news mechanical department of The Evening Herald was put out of commission when a fire in the roof of the composing room did considerable damage to the ceiling, and some ...

DATE: Feb 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Lou Smith, the dry-ranch farmer of Reservoir Hill, will exhibit a large display of the products of his dry-farming methods at the agricultural meetings. He is said to have so...

DATE: Feb 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The ticket office at the depot was besieged with anxious inquiries following the receipt here of the report of the wreck near Allison. Many persons who had friends and relati...

DATE: Feb 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “H.W. Akers, of Bayfield, while attending the Denver Stockshow, purchased 13 head of registered shorthorn and Hereford bulls, which he is offering for sale.” 75 yea...

DATE: Feb 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Fred Titus, of Idaho Springs, formerly managing a pool parlor for Meer Brothers at that place, is in the city and has taken active management of the new billiard hall establi...

DATE: Feb 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The high school auditorium was packed to its capacity the audience sitting two in a seat on the occasion of the illustrated talks by Prof. W.G. Cooley, of the New Mexico Stat...

DATE: Feb 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Lyman mead, one of the prominent Animas valley ranchers, came in with a load of fine Wagner apples, which he sold to the Otis-McGirr mercantile company’s store.” 7...

DATE: Feb 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “George Yamasaki, the ... section foreman, was buying supplies in the Graden stores for a crew of men who are on the way to Rico to shovel snow for the rest of the winter.” ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Rev. Father John White, who succeeds Father Callanan at St. Columba’s Church, will arrive in Durango. Father White is a Pennsylvanian by birth and an active young man.” ...

DATE: Feb 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “ The Hidden Children, Robert W. Chambers latest novel, and Arizona, a novelization by Cyrus Townsend Brady of the great romances of the Southwest by the same name, seem to be...

DATE: Feb 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History