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And the West is History

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...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “As the latest move on the part of the anti-saloon element of the town of Ignacio, a hearing on an application for a temporary injunction to restrain the mayor and town board ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “With both picture shows running in full blast to overflowing crowds, with a long six-reel program for a dime, the crowds of merry-makers on New Year’s night found ample enter...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The high school building has been thoroughly cleaned and scrubbed during the Christmas holidays. Glass ventilators have been put in each window in every room to keep drafts o...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The mixing of youth hardly out of their swaddling clothes and bootleg whiskey is rapidly becoming a common occurrence in Pagosa. The occasion of the dance Wednesday night fur...

And the West is History

100 years ago: An advertisement for Stein’s read, “We are going out of the dry goods business and offer our entire stock for sale. We will go into the clothing business exclusively.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: SUNNYSIDE – “The Christmas entertainment given by the Sunnyside Sunday School was attended by a large audience. Everyone enjoyed the exercises immensely, especially a dialogue...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “16,000 acres of the finest irrigable lands in the U.S. will be almost given away to the first 100 farmers who will come into Colorado and reclaim them. The state will conside...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The boys at the firehouse are trying to devise some way of expressing their sincere thanks to Percy Cram, who on Christmas morning sent them a fine, large candy box, which wh...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Frisco Tunnel Company is working a force of 40 men on property this winter doing nothing but development work on account of the mill being closed for the winter owing to ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Emma Mine in Ice Lake is working a force of 12 men during the winter.” 75 years ago: SUNNYSIDE – “School closed with a Christmas program in the evening which w...
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