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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “That the Durango Democrat was one of the most widely and generally read newspapers received by the American and English colony in the Russian town of Dzansoul previous to its...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Thomas J. Owenby, of the Fort Lewis Mesa, was a business visitor who pointed his team homeward about 5 o’clock after liberally patronizing the Main Avenue advertising merchan...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “C.H. Hutchins, of San Francisco, who registered at the Southern Hotel, came down in the morning from Silverton, where he picked up the slot machines he has been operating the...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Jack Pearson had a car of cattle hooked into the Silverton train for shipment to that town and disposal to the mining town markets. Jack figured on shipping east but couldn’t...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mrs. C. A. Daggett, of Fifth Avenue, is reported to be very sick with tonsillitis.” 75 years ago: “Dr. and Mrs. BJ Ochsner were hosts at a delightful party when th...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Jarvis garage, which recently took up the agency for the famous ‘Grant Six,’ sold one of these excellent new cars to G.G. Goodman, cashier in the First National Bank. The...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Carrying 10 persons in one load, besides himself, Paul Backinger wore out the tires on his car hauling people to and from the dance at Trimble Springs. He made seven trips up...

And the West is History

100 years ago: An advertisement read: “Dandruff causes a feverish irritation of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loosen and then the hair comes out fast. To stop falling hair at once and ri...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Sheriff G.S. Todd, of Montezuma County, was an arrival in town from Pueblo, where he recently took a youth to be placed in the home of the feeble-minded.” 75 years...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “J.M. Hayden, of Chama, one of the eldest engineers on the Rio Grande road, pulled the Eastern into Durango having ‘bumped’ Jack Reddington onto the Chama Hill run. Engineer H...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Charley Naeglin offered the city council $35 for the old lumber and iron roofing on the old power plant near the river with the consideration that he would also tear down and...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Attorney Frank A. Hutto, government farmer on the Ute reservation at Ignacio, was in the city on legal business connected with the anti-saloon fight in the Gateway to Cave Ba...
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