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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.” ...

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...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The following appeared in the section titled Fort Lewis Notes: “Eight of the Fort Lewis people now have mumps, but it is probable that all will be well before the 10th.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Charged with opening the safe of the Globe Express Company in the Durango station and taking out a money package containing $230, Theodore H. Dakin, formerly a driver for the...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Dr. P.G. Capps who went out to the Fort Lewis Mesa to investigate a reported case of smallpox returned. He says he found the woman out in the yard feeding the chickens, and s...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Water Commissioner Redman, who made a trip out over the pipe line, reports a considerable snowslide on the Florida Road just out of town that came down from the rim rock and ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “After bucking snow for 4½ hours, the Silverton train, leaving here at 9:35, got stuck in a snow bank near the Cascade Spur and came back to town, arriving here at 1:40 this m...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The enrollment in the high school this year now is 240, an increase of 16 pupils over last year.” 75 years ago: “Fire this morning totally destroyed the two-story ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Dainty pink dominos and false faces that would put the allied armies to rout will be seen at the first masquerade of the season at Red Men Hall.” 75 years ago: “Du...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A new place to spend extra change will soon be provided in the old Bismarck saloon stand on Main Avenue. Meer Brothers of Denver are moving six pool and billiard tables into ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Fort Lewis school is making an attempt to secure a three-hundredths of a mill levy, so that its income, while not large, may be definite and regular. That amount will mak...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The city schools are in some grades badly overcrowded as the result of an unusual increase in attendance. Twenty-five new pupils are reported since the first of January which...
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